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Artif Intell Cancer. Sep 8, 2024; 5(2): 97317
Published online Sep 8, 2024. doi: 10.35713/aic.v5.i2.97317
Role of artificial intelligence in gastrointestinal surgery
Nishant Nayyar, Rajesh Chaudhary, Ankit Shukla
Ankit Shukla, Department of Surgery, Dr Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College, Kangra 176001, Himachal Pradesh, India
Rajesh Chaudhary, Department of Renal Transplantation, Dr Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College, Kangra 176001, India
Nishant Nayyar, Department of Radiology, Dr Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College, Kangra 176001, Himachal Pradesh, India
Author contributions: All the authors performed the literature search; Shukla A wrote the first draft of the review; Chaudhary R and Nayyar N conceptualized the work, supervised the writing, and gave intellectual input; All authors critically revised the manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All authors state that they have no conflicts of interest to report.
Corresponding author: Ankit Shukla, DNB, MCh, Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Dr Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College, Tanda, Kangra 176001, Himachal Pradesh, India. nkitshukla@yahoo.com
Received: May 28, 2024
Revised: July 11, 2024
Accepted: July 17, 2024
Published online: September 8, 2024
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Core Tip

Core Tip: Artificial intelligence (AI), a term coined by John McCarthy in 1955, is the new-kid-on-the-block in the medical arena, with immense potential to revolutionize how patients may be managed in coming years. It is a science of creating machines with capability to reason and solve problems like human beings. The principal subfields of AI are: (1) Machine learning; (2) artificial neural networks; (3) natural language processing; and (4) computer vision. AI is improving the fields of gastrointestinal surgery and medicine immensely, assisting in diagnoses as well as management of gastrointestinal diseases. As with any new technology, AI has limitations and drawbacks.