[32] Perceptions of robot-assisted surgery: Results of a survey of surgeons in Kuwait

Abstract

ObjectiveTo gain insight into local surgeons’ perceptions of robot-assisted surgery (RAS), as the use of RAS has rapidly increased amongst hospitals worldwide and the da Vinci® Si surgical system (Intuitive Surgical Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, USA) was installed at Sabah Al-Ahmad Urology Center (SAUC) in February 2014 and at Kuwait’s Chest Disease Hospital in October 2017, with >200 robotic surgical procedures performed by robotic surgeons using these two systems, overall surgeons perceptions and acceptance of this new technology in Kuwait are largely unknown.