摘要
The Hugo^(TM)robot-assisted surgery(RAS)system(Medtronic)is being successfully adopted in surgical procedures across Asia-Pacific,Latin America,and Europe.1e6 The Santo Antonio University Hospital in Porto,Portugal is the first Portuguese hospital to implement the Hugo^(TM)RAS system.To date,this hospital has been very successful in adopting RAS,with 271 RAS procedures performed in the first year of robot implementation and 366 RAS procedures performed in approximately 15 months.The strategies that supported this successful implementation of the Hugo^(TM)RAS system in this hospital can serve as an example for improving and optimizing the adoption of RAS at other locations.This manuscript explores the measures taken to enable the successful adoption of the Hugo^(TM)RAS system in the Santo Antonio University Hospital,with a particular focus on the organizational,managerial,and economic aspects of the process.
