Publication Name	World Journal of Gastroenterology
Manuscript ID	67748
Country	Ireland

Received	2021-04-30 19:52
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Return for Revision	2021-06-13 01:28
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Accepted by Executive Editor-in-Chief	2021-10-20 00:29
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Category	Surgery
Manuscript Type	Opinion Review
Article Title	Digital surgery for gastroenterological diseases
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Niall Philip Hardy and Ronan Ambrose Cahill
ORCID	Author(s) ORCID Number Niall Philip Hardy http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7036-3910 Ronan Ambrose Cahill http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1270-4000
Funding Agency and Grant Number	Funding Agency Grant Number Disruptive Technologies and Innovation Fund, Enterprise Ireland, Ireland
Corresponding Author	Ronan Ambrose Cahill, FRCS, MBChB, MD, Professor, UCD Centre for Precision Surgery, University College Dublin, Eccles Street, Dublin D07 Y9AW, Ireland. ronan.cahill@ucd.ie
Key Words	Digital surgery; Artificial intelligence; Gastrointestinal disease; Biophysics; Deep learning; Fluorescence-guided surgery
Core Tip	Here, we introduce the concept of Digital Surgery and why it is important for everyone involved in the area of gastroenterological disease management. The current state and near-future of the art in this area are discussed, including the use of artificial intelligence methods to provide intraoperative real-time augmented decision making. Moral, ethical and legal challenges pertinent to digital surgery are explored, including the concerns relating to “Big Data” in healthcare and the transitioning role of industry in surgical development, as well as the implications such profound and imminent changes may have on the role of the clinician.
Publish Date	2021-11-10 07:13
Citation	Hardy NP, Cahill RA. Digital surgery for gastroenterological diseases. World J Gastroenterol 2021; 27(42): 7240-7246
URL	https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v27/i42/7240.htm
DOI	https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v27.i42.7240

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