Sekhon Inderjit Singh HK, Armstrong ER, Shah S, Mirnezami R. Application of robotic technologies in lower gastrointestinal tract endoscopy: A systematic review. World J Gastrointest Endosc 2021; 13(12): 673-697 [PMID: 35070028 DOI: 10.4253/wjge.v13.i12.673]
Corresponding Author of This Article
Reza Mirnezami, FRCS, MBBS, PhD, Senior Lecturer, Surgeon, Colorectal Surgery, The Royal Free Hospital, Pond Street, London NW3 2QG, Hampstead, United Kingdom. reza.mirnezami@nhs.net
Research Domain of This Article
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
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Systematic Reviews
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Harpreet Kaur Sekhon Inderjit Singh, Emily Rose Armstrong, Sujay Shah, Reza Mirnezami, Colorectal Surgery, The Royal Free Hospital, London NW3 2QG, Hampstead, United Kingdom
Author contributions: Sekhon Inderjit Singh HK contributed to data collection, analysis and write-up; Armstrong ER contributed to data collection and analysis; Shah S contributed to write-up; Mirnezami R contributed to the conceptualisation of the article, overview of the project and write up.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All authors have no conflict of interests to declare.
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Corresponding author: Reza Mirnezami, FRCS, MBBS, PhD, Senior Lecturer, Surgeon, Colorectal Surgery, The Royal Free Hospital, Pond Street, London NW3 2QG, Hampstead, United Kingdom. reza.mirnezami@nhs.net
Received: March 18, 2021 Peer-review started: March 18, 2021 First decision: July 17, 2021 Revised: July 31, 2021 Accepted: December 2, 2021 Article in press: December 2, 2021 Published online: December 16, 2021
Core Tip
Core Tip: Robotic technologies have the potential to transform lower gastrointestinal tract endoscopy into a quicker, safer, more reliable and less painful procedure. In the long term, benefits for patients, endoscopists and the wider healthcare industry are foreseeable, though these have yet to be convincingly demonstrated in human trials. Most studies to date have employed ex vivo modelling and high quality level 1 evidence is currently lacking in this field. Robotic technologies are evolving with such rapidity at the moment, that future robo-endoscopic systems are likely to look and behave very differently to conventional master-slave systems currently in use. Exciting developments in 3D printing, soft robotics, autonomous functionality and augmented reality are likely to converge to lead to the development of truly next generation robotic endoscopy devices.
