Development of a transoral robotic surgery program in Canada

Due to significant differences in healthcare structure between the United States and Canada, there are unique barriers to adopting new medical technology in Canada. In this article, we describe our experience developing a transoral robotic surgery (TORS) program at Western University. Specifically,...

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Autores principales: Nichols, Anthony C, Fung, Kevin, Chapeskie, Corina, Dowthwaite, Samuel A, Basmaji, John, Dhaliwal, Sandeep, Szeto, Christopher CT, Palma, David A, Theurer, Julie A, Corsten, Martin A, Odell, Michael, Barrett, John W, Franklin, Jason H, Yoo, John
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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How I do it article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3650936/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23663280
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1916-0216-42-8
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Sumario:Due to significant differences in healthcare structure between the United States and Canada, there are unique barriers to adopting new medical technology in Canada. In this article, we describe our experience developing a transoral robotic surgery (TORS) program at Western University. Specifically, we outline the steps that were necessary to obtain institutional and multidisciplinary team approval, financial support, as well as surgeon and allied healthcare personnel training. This experience can potentially be used as a roadmap for other Canadian institutions pursuing a TORS program.

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