Robotic Stapling vs Manual Stapling: The results might surprise you

Before the hyper strong academics shoot me for this meta analysis - take it for what it is. A "Deep research" using pro level Chat GPT that goes to the literature and does quite a deep meta analysis. I think it is very good and nuanced and might even surprise .the academics. It is not to the normal meta analysis standards - and not peer rveiewed (clearly.)

And for those asking why a plonker like me is even putting this stuff up... I am a physiologist by background and have authored several papers in my dim n distant past. But I am not an expert researcher by any means. But I assure you you will find this a very very good insight into comparing robotic vs manual stapling (powered and non powered). It's that last statement that is going to drop the Mic a bit here. Because is it really the robot or the smarts? In a recent Poll I asked the pundits on Linked In How important is a console driven stapler on a robot?

the result was this...

I think, as with much in robotics, sentiment drives much or the desire and conveninece another large chunk. But what is the clinical reality? In this post I have published what the meta analysis I ran showed... and well.... I think it is way way way more nuanced that you might think.

Here it is and then my comments to follow:

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