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SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Surgeon Highlights Situations in Which AI Can Be Most Helpful

By Karen Blum

 

ORLANDO, Fla.—Artificial intelligence may be helpful in surgery and perioperative medicine, particularly in the setting of time constraints and uncertainty when making high-stakes decisions that are shared with patients, according to a surgeon presenting at the 2024 Perioperative Medicine Summit.

Under those conditions, surgeons tend to turn to their standard, hypothetical deductive reasoning, said Tyler Loftus, MD, PhD, an assistant professor and acute care surgeon in