Technology complexity, physician hesitancy, and high costs limit Robotic-Assisted Surgery (RAS) adoption.
Among others, upfront costs and access are the strongest barriers to RAS adoption. These barriers differ across procedures and settings, creating an uneven level of RAS adoption across the market.
- Today, adoption is highest in well-funded providers with high surgical volumes, such as academic hospitals.
- Adoption in other high-volume providers, which today remain limited by funding and access barriers, could be unlocked with more affordable business and pricing models that facilitate adoption.
- Smaller settings are often prevented from acquiring robotics platforms due to low procedural volume and the inability to overcome a steep learning curve.
Across clinical conditions, laparoscopy has the highest RAS penetration today.
- Laparoscopic adoption varies by the application due to differences in clinical fit and ergonomic and anatomic complexity.
In the future, endoluminal, percutaneous, and radiosurgery are three promising areas where robots could make a difference by increasing the accuracy and consistency during surgical procedures.
Una revisión de la cirugía asistida por robot (RAS) | Salud de Alira (alirahealth.com)
