Commitment to research

We set out to transform surgery. We are serious about both our mission and to delivering an evidence-based approach to surgical robotics.
Please find below examples of our ongoing commitment to research.

Feeling the strain: The physical and mental impact of performing surgery

Highlighting the impact laparoscopic surgery is having on our surgeons
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Outcomes from the Versius Robotic Assisted Surgery Programme at Milton Keynes University Hospital

MKUH have reported major impacts on recovery timelines, patient outcomes and surgical staff wellbeing since introducing Versius — including a 450 annual bed day saving.
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Journal Articles

The burden of performing minimal access surgery: ergonomics survey results from 462 surgeons across Germany, the UK and the USA
Morton, J. and Stewart, G.D.
Initiation and feasibility of a multi-specialty minimally invasive surgical programme using a novel robotic system: A case Study
Dixon, F., Khanna, A., Vitish-Sharma, P., Singh, N.S, Nakade, K., Singh, A., Qureshi, A., O'Hara, R., & Keeler, B.D. 2021. International Journal of Surgery
Assessment of the training program for Versius, a new innovative robotic system for use in minimal access surgery
Butterworth, J., Sadry, M., Julian, D., & Haig, F., 2021. BMJ Surgery, Interventions, & Health Technologies
Experiences of a “COVID protected” robotic surgical centre for colorectal and urological cancer in the COVID-19 pandemic
Huddy, J.R., Crockett, M., Nizar, A.S., Smith, R., Malki, M., Barber, N., & Tilney, H.S., 2021. Journal of Robotic Surgery
Implementation of the Versius robotic surgical system for colorectal cancer surgery: first clinical experience
Collins, D., Paterson, H.M., Skipworth, R.J.E., & Speake, D., 2021., Colorectal Disease
Major colorectal resection is feasible using a new robotic surgical platform: the first report of a case series
Dixon, F., O’Hara, R., Ghuman, N., Strachan, J., Khanna, A. and Keeler, B.D., 2020. Techniques in Coloproctology, pp.1-5.
Interim safety analysis of the first-in-human clinical trial of Versius
Kelkar, D., Borse, M.A., Godbole, G.P., Kurlekar, U., and Slack, M., 2020., Surgical Endoscopy
Usability assessment of Versius, a new robot-assisted surgical device for use in minimal access surgery
Haig, F., Medeiros, A.C.B., Chitty, K. and Slack, M., 2020. BMJ Surgery, Interventions, & Health Technologies, 2(1), p.e000028.
First-in-human clinical trial of a new robot-assisted surgical system for total laparoscopic hysterectomy
Kelkar, D., Borse, M., Godbole, G., Kurlekar, U., Dinneen, E., Stevens, L. and Slack, M., 2020. 43: American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 222(3), pp.S800-S801.
Preclinical evaluation of the Versius surgical system, a new robot-assisted surgical device for use in minimal access general and colorectal procedures
Morton, J., Hardwick, R.H., Tilney, H.S., Gudgeon, A.M., Jah, A., Stevens, L. and Slack, M., 2020. Surgical Endoscopy, pp 1–9.
Combined Robotic Transorbital and Transnasal Approach to the Nasopharynx and Anterior Skull Base: Feasibility Study
Faulkner, J., Naidoo, R., Arora, A., Jeannon, J.P., Hopkins, C. and Surda, P., 2020. Clinical Otolaryngology: Official Journal of ENT-UK; Official Journal of Netherlands Society for Oto-rhino-laryngology & Cervico-facial Surgery.
Preclinical evaluation of a new robot-assisted surgical system for use in gynecology minimal access surgery
Carey, M., Bali, A., Pandeva, I., Pradhan, A. and Slack, M., 2020. Gynecological Surgery, 17(1), pp.1-8.
Preclinical Evaluation of the Versius Surgical System, a New Robot-assisted Surgical Device for Use in Minimal Access Renal and Prostate Surgery
Thomas, B.C., Slack, M., Hussain, M.Barber, N., Pradhan, A., Dinneen, E. and Stewart, G.D., 2020. European Urology Focus.
Assessment of the Versius surgical robotic system for dual-field synchronous transanal total mesorectal excision (taTME) in a preclinical model: will tomorrow’s surgical robots promise newfound options?
Atallah, S., Parra-Davila, E. and Melani, A.G., 2019. Techniques in coloproctology, 23(5), pp.471-477.
Using end-user feedback to optimize the design of the Versius Surgical System, a new robot-assisted device for use in minimal access surgery
Hares, L., Roberts, P., Marshall, K. and Slack, M., 2019. BMJ Surgery, Interventions, & Health Technologies, 1(1).
Next-generation robotic head and neck surgery
Orosco, R.K., Arora, A., Jeannon, J.P. and Holsinger, F.C., 2018. ORL, 80(3-4), pp.213-219.

Conference Contributions

The new European Surgical Robot – An update
Slack, M., 2019. Società Italiana di Chirugia (SIC) 2019 Congress, Bologna, Italy. 5-8 October, 2019.
Initial experience with the Versius Surgical System
Pandeva, I., 2019. SERGS 17th Annual Meeting on Robotic Gynaecological Surgery, Sofia, Bulgaria. 26-28 September, 2019.
A pre-clinical feasibility assessment of robotically assisted inguinal hernia repair by the Versius surgical robotic system
Muysoms, F., LeBlanc, K., 2019. EHS 41st Annual International Congress, Hamburg, Germany. 11-14 September, 2019.
Initial experience of an extraperitoneal approach to radical prostatectomy using the Versius Surgical System
McNeill, A., 2019. European Association of Urology Robotic Urology Section Annual Congress, Lisbon, Portugal. 11-13 September 2019.
CMR Update
Slack, M., 2019. Society of Robotic Surgery 10th Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL., USA. 20-23 June, 2019.
Feasibility of Robotically Assisted Cholecystectomy by the Versius® System
E Wilson, A Jah, J Morton. Memorial Hermann / UT Health, Cambridge University Hospitals, 2017. Abstract presented at SAGES 2017 Annual Meeting, Houston, TX., USA. 22-25 March, 2017. (98900).
Major colorectal resection is feasible using a new robotic surgical platform: the first report of a case series
Dixon, F., O’Hara, R., Ghuman, N., Strachan, J., Khanna, A. and Keeler, B.D., 2020. Techniques in Coloproctology, pp.1-5.

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