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Comparative effectiveness, generalisability, and cost-effectiveness remain unproven.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Study Registration<\/jats:bold>\n                    : A review protocol was registered in PROSPERO (CRD420261428858).\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1007\/s11701-026-03714-w","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,27]],"date-time":"2026-07-27T01:52:17Z","timestamp":1785117137000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Early clinical experience with the Toumai robotic system in general surgery: a systematic review of short-term outcomes and telesurgical applications"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"20","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3191-4369","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Francesco","family":"Brucchi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rita","family":"Stanco","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Beatrice","family":"Sperotto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Richard","family":"Sassun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Roberto","family":"Cirocchi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Giampaolo","family":"Formisano","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Paolo Pietro","family":"Bianchi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gianlorenzo","family":"Dionigi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,27]]},"reference":[{"key":"3714_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"e1918911","DOI":"10.1001\/jamanetworkopen.2019.18911","volume":"3","author":"KH Sheetz","year":"2020","unstructured":"Sheetz KH, Claflin J, Dimick JB (2020) Trends in the adoption of robotic surgery for common surgical procedures. 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