The institutional impact of robotic surgery adoption: evidence from prostate and thyroid cancers in South Korea.

J Robot Surg · 2025 · PMC12267340 · PMID 40668261

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Institutions that adopted robotic surgery also showed an increasing trend in PSA test volumes compared to the pre-adoption period.

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Surgical volume showed a significant immediate increase ( β = 4.931, 95% CI (2.459, 7.403)) and a positive trend change over time ( β = 1.094, 95% CI (0.547, 1.642)), both of which are illustrated in Fig. 3 A as an upward level shift and steeper slope following adoption.

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