Malik Ayesha Parvaiz, Ahmad Waleed, Iqbal Javed
Jinnah Sindh Medical University Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan.
Lahore Medical and Dental College, Lahore, Pakistan.
Ann Biomed Eng. 2025 Jul 19. doi: 10.1007/s10439-025-03813-z.
Interestingly, the integration of AI technologies into surgery in the past 5 years has increased by more than 400%, changing the way patients are treated and work is performed globally. Artificial intelligence (AI) in the field of surgery is changing the modern face of medicine by providing it with better accuracy, decision-making, and patient outcomes. Examples of AI in practice suggest their use before, during, and after surgery. Nevertheless, as fast as this is progressing, there are also emerging advanced data privacy problems, inequality in algorithms, and ethical issues associated with training and decision-making. Due to the increasing use of surgical AI systems as support and the possible emergence of autonomous entities, the need to care about clinical validation, ethical regulation, and multidisciplinary work should become stricter. This commentary highlights the current state, opportunity, and protective measures needed to offer fair and practical application of surgical AI. The audience of this commentary is surgical practitioners, healthcare administrators, and policymakers in an effort to foster an informed debate as well as create a system of incentives toward the collaborative model that is indispensable in advancing the responsible incorporation of AI into surgical use.
有趣的是，在过去5年里，人工智能技术在外科手术中的应用增长超过了400%，改变了全球患者的治疗方式和手术操作方式。外科领域的人工智能正在通过提供更高的准确性、决策能力和患者治疗效果来改变现代医学面貌。人工智能在实际应用中的例子表明，其应用贯穿手术前、手术中和手术后。然而，尽管进展迅速，但也出现了新的数据隐私问题、算法不平等以及与培训和决策相关的伦理问题。由于越来越多地使用外科人工智能系统作为支持，以及可能出现自主实体，对临床验证、伦理监管和多学科合作的关注需求应该变得更加严格。本评论重点介绍了实现外科人工智能公平、实际应用所需的现状、机遇和保护措施。本评论的受众是外科从业者、医疗保健管理人员和政策制定者，旨在促进明智的辩论，并建立一个激励体系，以推动形成一种协作模式，这种模式对于负责任地将人工智能纳入外科应用不可或缺。
