“…In terms of surgical specialty ( Supplementary Information 2 , Table 1 ), the highest proportion of studies (in-vivo and ex-vivo models) were in general surgery (n = 14, 31.1%) [ 3 , 5 , 20 , 26 , 27 , 35 , 38 , [41] , [42] , [43] , 49 , 51 , 54 ] with the majority of these involving laparoscopic procedures (n = 11) [ 3 , 5 , 26 , 34 , 38 , [41] , [42] , [43] , 49 , 54 , 55 ]; followed by neurosurgery (n = 13, 28.89%) [ 1 , 2 , 4 , 14 , 22 , 23 , 25 , 28 , 33 , 37 , 44 , 52 ], ophthalmology (n = 5, 11.11%) [ [17] , [18] , [19] , 21 , 32 ], cardiothoracic (n = 3, 6.67%) [ 26 , 30 , 53 ], vascular surgery (n = 3, 6.67%) [ 29 , 40 , 50 ], obstetrics & gynaecology (n = 2, 4.4%) [ 39 , 45 ], orthopaedics (n = 2, 4.4%) [ 47 , 48 ], otorhinolaryngology (n = 2, 4.4%) [ 36 , 46 ] and urology (n = 1, 2.2%) [ 24 ]. Ten studies (22.2%) involved robotic surgery platforms [ 1 , 14 , [17] , [18] ,…”