McGill And Pisa Universities Collaborate For Teleanaesthesia

McGill University in Canada and the Department of Anaesthesia of Pisa University in Italy are working collaboratively to innovate remote anaesthesia. Teleanaesthesia is considered to be one of the latest revolutionary advances of healthcare IT. A team from McGill provided remote follow up and treatment for 20 patients undergoing thyroid surgery in Italy, for more than two weeks, with the operations lasting from 45 minutes to three hours. The Montreal team was continuously observing patient care via a live stream by using four cameras. Vital signs monitoring and drug administration were controlled through an internet link.

Teleanaesthesia Using Surgical Robot

A surgical robot could be used for teleanaesthesia to perform complex regional anaesthesia procedures remotely, according to researchers who carried out a simulation at the University of Florida College of Medicine. The researchers conducted a series of simulations to evaluate the potential of performing robot-assisted regional anaesthesia procedures. The simulations used a da Vinci surgical robot system consisting of four robotic arms with a high-definition stereoscopic camera.