Making robotic surgery viable and training general surgeons in the Brazilian public healthcare
Gabriela Gouvea Silva, Carlos Dario da Silva Costa, Rodrigo Tavore Strasser, Heitor Zancheta de Andrade, Pedro José Carvalho Tosello, Júlio César André, Jaqueline Venturin, Kátia Luciana Franca Pereira, Samantha Vaccari Grassi Melara, Gedália Pettinelli Tillman, Priscilla Buck de Oliveira Ruiz, Thaina de Oliveira Laluce, Marco Antônio Ribeiro Filho · 2026
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Description
Gouvea Silva and colleagues report a 2026 study of robotic surgery training inside Brazil's public health system. At one public hospital, eight trainee surgeons operated on eighty patients between March 2025 and January 2026 under a standard training curriculum, while the team recorded patient details, operation data, and costs.
Most patients were men, with a mean age near 51 years. Groin hernia repairs made up about half the cases, followed by gallbladder removals at about four in ten, with other procedures making up the rest. Funding came in parts from the public system, private partners, and the robot provider. The series shows a training model can run inside public care.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Gabriela Gouvea Silva, Carlos Dario da Silva Costa, Rodrigo Tavore Strasser, Heitor Zancheta de Andrade, Pedro José Carvalho Tosello, Júlio César André, Jaqueline Venturin, Kátia Luciana Franca Pereira, Samantha Vaccari Grassi Melara, Gedália Pettinelli Tillman, Priscilla Buck de Oliveira Ruiz, Thaina de Oliveira Laluce, Marco Antônio Ribeiro Filho |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 19 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |