Preliminary study on 5G remote robot-assisted radical thyroidectomy
TIAN Wen
YAO Jing
WANG Bing
Abstract：Objective To explore the safety and feasibility of Remote robot-assisted radical thyroidectomy.Methods On August 2,2024,department of Thyroid&Hernia Surgery of the Department of General Surgery of the Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital applied the dedicated line network and 5G wireless network to carry out the remote robot-assisted radical thyroidectomy between Beijing and Guangzhou for a 41-year-old female patient with a distance of 2200 km.Results The operation was smooth and no surgical complications.The operation lasted for 1 h 55 min and the intraoperative blood loss was 10 mL.During the operation,the average bidirectional network delay was 39 milliseconds and no adverse events such as network disconnection,frame loss,and network attack occurred.The operation was successful and smooth with no delay and stalling.The patient recovered smoothly without bleeding,hoarseness,coughing after drinking water,hypocalcemia and other complications.The postoperative parathyroid hormone was 15.25 ng/L.The patient was discharged successfully on the 5th day after operation.Conclusion Remote robot-assisted radical thyroidectomy is safe and feasible with stable network signal transmission and smooth operation.It can complete the fine operation required for thyroid surgery and achieve the same effect as conventional robotic surgery for thyroid cancer.
Keywords：5G communication technologytelesurgeryrobotic surgerythyroid cancer
Publication Date：2024-09-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 1075-1077,1080 )