Breaking down the silos of artificial intelligence in surgery: glossary of terms

Artificial Intelligence in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery: A Systematic Review

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a technology that is evolving rapidly and is changing the world and medicine as we know it. After reviewing the PROSPERO database of systematic reviews, there is no article related to this topic in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery. The objective of this article was to review the literature regarding AI applications in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery.A systematic review of the literature about AI in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery using the following keywords: Artificial Intelligence, robotics, plastic surgery procedures, and surgery plastic and the following databases: PubMed, SCOPUS, Embase, BVS, and LILACS. The inclusion criteria were articles about AI in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery. Articles written in a language other than English and Spanish were excluded. In total, 17 articles about AI in facial plastic met the inclusion criteria; after eliminating the duplicated papers and applying the exclusion criteria, these articles were reviewed thoroughly. The leading type of AI used in these articles was computer vision, explicitly using models of convolutional neural networks to objectively compare the preoperative with the postoperative state in multiple interventions such as facial lifting and facial transgender surgery.In conclusion, AI is a rapidly evolving technology, and it could significantly impact the treatment of patients in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery. Legislation and regulations are developing slower than this technology. It is imperative to learn about this topic as soon as possible and that all stakeholders proactively promote discussions about ethical and regulatory dilemmas.

A systematic review of annotation for surgical process model analysis in minimally invasive surgery based on video

BACKGROUND

Annotated data are foundational to applications of supervised machine learning. However, there seems to be a lack of common language used in the field of surgical data science. The aim of this study is to review the process of annotation and semantics used in the creation of SPM for minimally invasive surgery videos.

METHODS

For this systematic review, we reviewed articles indexed in the MEDLINE database from January 2000 until March 2022. We selected articles using surgical video annotations to describe a surgical process model in the field of minimally invasive surgery. We excluded studies focusing on instrument detection or recognition of anatomical areas only. The risk of bias was evaluated with the Newcastle Ottawa Quality assessment tool. Data from the studies were visually presented in table using the SPIDER tool.

RESULTS

Of the 2806 articles identified, 34 were selected for review. Twenty-two were in the field of digestive surgery, six in ophthalmologic surgery only, one in neurosurgery, three in gynecologic surgery, and two in mixed fields. Thirty-one studies (88.2%) were dedicated to phase, step, or action recognition and mainly relied on a very simple formalization (29, 85.2%). Clinical information in the datasets was lacking for studies using available public datasets. The process of annotation for surgical process model was lacking and poorly described, and description of the surgical procedures was highly variable between studies.

CONCLUSION

Surgical video annotation lacks a rigorous and reproducible framework. This leads to difficulties in sharing videos between institutions and hospitals because of the different languages used. There is a need to develop and use common ontology to improve libraries of annotated surgical videos.

Machine learning for detection and classification of oral potentially malignant disorders: A conceptual review

Oral potentially malignant disorders represent precursor lesions that may undergo malignant transformation to oral cancer. There are many known risk factors associated with the development of oral potentially malignant disorders, and contribute to the risk of malignant transformation. Although many advances have been reported to understand the biological behavior of oral potentially malignant disorders, their clinical features that indicate the characteristics of malignant transformation are not well established. Early diagnosis of malignancy is the most important factor to improve patients' prognosis. The integration of machine learning into routine diagnosis has recently emerged as an adjunct to aid clinical examination. Increased performances of artificial intelligence AI-assisted medical devices are claimed to exceed the human capability in the clinical detection of early cancer. Therefore, the aim of this narrative review is to introduce artificial intelligence terminology, concepts, and models currently used in oncology to familiarize oral medicine scientists with the language skills, best research practices, and knowledge for developing machine learning models applied to the clinical detection of oral potentially malignant disorders.

Artificial Intelligence in Surgical Learning

(1) Background: Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming healthcare on all levels. While AI shows immense potential, the clinical implementation is lagging. We present a concise review of AI in surgical learning; (2) Methods: A non-systematic review of AI in surgical learning of the literature in English is provided; (3) Results: AI shows utility for all components of surgical competence within surgical learning. AI presents with great potential within robotic surgery specifically (4) Conclusions: Technology will evolve in ways currently unimaginable, presenting us with novel applications of AI and derivatives thereof. Surgeons must be open to new modes of learning to be able to implement all evidence-based applications of AI in the future. Systematic analyses of AI in surgical learning are needed.