Harvesting the Power of Artificial Intelligence for Surgery: Uses, Implications, and Ethical Considerations
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Artificial intelligence is rapidly advancing, especially with the advent of ChatGPT technology, and its role in the world of medicine is expanding. Within surgery, AI has the capacity to improve efficiency and results in surgical treatments; however, it similarly has the potential to impose harm onto patients and undermine the role of medical providers. Its benefits may include improvements in surgical outcomes, spanning from enhanced pre-operative diagnostic capabilities to more refined intra-operative techniques, and long term patient experiences, by identifying and reducing complications. Nevertheless apprehensions revolve around laymen use potentially resulting in inappropriate therapeutic interventions, in addition to safety and ethical risks surrounding the use of patient data. Various strategies towards mitigating these harms must be considered, such as patient disclaimers and secondary review policies. While artificial intelligence brings exciting advancements to surgery, its integration must be cautiously monitored.
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The integration of ChatGPT into medical practices and healthcare settings presents challenges and ethical considerations.
“The integration of ChatGPT into medical practices and healthcare settings presents challenges and ethical considerations.”
Ethical concerns arise when content generated by AI is mistaken for the expertise of a human.
“Ethical concerns arise when content generated by AI is mistaken for the expertise of a human.”
One challenge is that ChatGPT's responses are based on the data on which it was trained, which may result in biased or inaccurate information.
“One challenge is that the responses of ChatGPT are based on the data on which it was trained, which may result in biased or inaccurate information.”
ChatGPT can assist in drug discovery, research proposal writing, and summarising complex medical research, expediting the research process.
“It can assist in drug discovery, research proposal writing, and summarising complex medical research, expediting the research process [11,24,34,35,36,37,38].”
In pharmaceutical research, ChatGPT can contribute by sifting through vast volumes of scientific literature, identifying potential drug candidates, and suggesting innovative research directions.
“In the realm of pharmaceutical research, ChatGPT can contribute by sifting through vast volumes of scientific literature, identifying potential drug candidates, and suggesting innovative research directions.”
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- Authors
- Kavian, J. A., Wilkey, H. L., Patel, P. A., & Boyd, C. J.
- Affiliations
- NYU Langone Health (US)
- Augusta University Health (US)
- Corresponding author
- Kavian, Joseph A.
- Venue
- The American Surgeon™
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2023-05-06
- Volume
- 89
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 5102-5104
- ISSN
- 0003-1348 (ISSN-L)
- 1555-9823
- OpenAlex
- W4372342904
- Cited by
- 35
- References
- 9
- Citations by year
- 2026: 9 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 13 · 2023: 6
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- The American Surgeon (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Health Informatics › Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Surgical Simulation and Training
- Keywords
- artificial intelligence in surgery, ChatGPT, AI ethics, patient safety, preoperative diagnosis, intraoperative technique, postoperative complications, patient data privacy
- MeSH terms
- Artificial Intelligence, Humans, Medicine
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