Robot-assisted ex vivo neobladder reconstruction: preliminary results of surgical skill evaluation.

Journal: International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery
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Abstract

PURPOSE: Advanced developments in the medical field have gradually increased the public demand for surgical skill evaluation. However, this assessment always depends on the direct observation of experienced surgeons, which is time-consuming and variable. The introduction of robot-assisted surgery provides a new possibility for this evaluation paradigm. This paper aims at evaluating surgeon performance automatically with novel evaluation metrics based on different surgical data.

Authors

  • Ziyang Chen
    Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy. ziyang.chen@polimi.it.
  • Serenella Terlizzi
    Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy.
  • Tommaso Da Col
    Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy.
  • Aldo Marzullo
  • Michele Catellani
    Department of Urology, European Institute of Oncology (IEO) IRCCS, Milan, Italy.
  • Giancarlo Ferrigno
  • Elena De Momi