Clinical Trials

[Network meta-analysis comparing the clinical outcomes and safety of robotic, laparoscopic, and transanal total rectal mesenteric resection for rectal cancer].

To methodically assess the clinical effectiveness and safety of robot-assisted total rectal mesenteric resection (RTME), laparoscopic-assisted total rectal mesenteric resection (laTME), and transanal total rectal mesenteric resection (taTME). A computer search was conducted on PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, and Ovid databases to identify English-language reports published between January 2017...

Artificial Intelligence Solution for Chest Radiographs in Respiratory Outpatient Clinics: Multicenter Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial.

Artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted diagnosis imparts high accuracy to chest radiography (CXR) interpretation; however, its benefit for nonradiologist physicians in detecting lung lesions on CXR remains unclear. To investigate whether AI assistance improves the diagnostic performance of physicians for CXR interpretation and affects their clinical decisions in clinical practice. We randomly al...

A natural language processing approach to categorise contributing factors from patient safety event reports.

OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to explore the use of natural language processing (NLP) algorithm to categorise contributing factors from ...

Food safety in health: a model of extraction for food contaminants.

Contaminants are the critical targets of food safety supervision and risk assessment. In existing research, food safety knowledge graphs are used to i...

The Future of Road Safety: Challenges and Opportunities.

Policy Points Traditional approaches to addressing motor vehicle crashes are yielding diminishing returns. A comprehensive strategy known as the Safe ...

The effect of training using an upper limb rehabilitation robot (HEXO-UR30A) in chronic stroke patients: A randomized controlled trial.

BACKGROUND: Upper limb robotic rehabilitation can be beneficial to the patients when applied appropriately. HEXO-UR30A is a novel exoskeletal type upp...

[Artificial intelligence in medicine: are we ready?].

Artificial intelligence (Ai) tools, in particular those based on machine learning (Ml) and deep learning techniques, have found application in numerou...

[Computational toxicology in drug safety research].

The progress of computational toxicology (CompTox) in drug safety research is highly anticipated. CompTox provides toxicity screening methods for drug...

3D Printable Drug Delivery Systems: Next-generation Healthcare Technology and Regulatory Aspects.

A revolutionary shift in healthcare has been sparked by the development of 3D printing, propelling us into an era replete with boundless opportunities...

Impact of preoperative oral domperidone on gastric residual volume after clear fluid ingestion in patients scheduled for elective surgery: a randomized controlled trial.

INTRODUCTION: Oral domperidone is a prokinetic drug that enhances gastric emptying, which has a positive effect in decreasing gastric residual volume ...

Analgesic efficacy of two different volumes of local anaesthetics in ultrasound-guided modified approach to the thoracolumbar interfascial plane block in patients undergoing lumbar spine surgeries: a randomized controlled trial.

INTRODUCTION: There is a lack of clarity regarding the ideal local anaesthetic volume for modified thoracolumbar interfascial plane (mTLIP) block. Thi...

Natural History and Real-World Data in Rare Diseases: Applications, Limitations, and Future Perspectives.

Rare diseases represent a highly heterogeneous group of disorders with high phenotypic and genotypic diversity within individual conditions. Due to th...

[Research on Comprehensive Safety Monitoring System for Elderly Care Based on Artificial Intelligence and Information Fusion].

Nowadays, China has entered into an aging society; how to ensure safety in elderly care has drawn social attention. Through artificial intelligence an...

Physics-informed neural network for phase imaging based on transport of intensity equation.

Non-interferometric quantitative phase imaging based on Transport of Intensity Equation (TIE) has been widely used in bio-medical imaging. However, an...

Effects of a lower limb rehabilitation robot with various training modes in patients with stroke: A randomized controlled trial.

BACKGROUND: The effect of robot-assisted gait training has been demonstrated to improve gait recovery in patients with stroke. The aim of this study w...

Long-Term Outcome of Non-antireflux Robotic-Assisted Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Ureter Reimplantation in Ureteral Obstruction.

Although robot-assisted laparoscopic ureter reimplantation (RALUR) is a recognized alternative to open and laparoscopic ureter reimplantation in trea...

Robot-assisted laparoscopic staging compared to conventional laparoscopic staging and laparotomic staging in clinical early stage ovarian carcinoma.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Robot-assisted laparoscopic staging (RALS) is increasingly used for staging epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). Evidence of its safety...

Robot-assisted anatrophic nephrolithotomy for complete staghorn stone.

To assess the efficacy and safety of robot-assisted anatrophic nephrolithotomy (RANL) as a choice of minimally invasive treatment for patients with co...

Application of oxycodone in anesthesia induction and overall management of Da Vinci robot-assisted nephrectomy: A randomized controlled trial.

BACKGROUND: This study aimed to evaluate the application of oxycodone in anesthesia induction and overall management of Da Vinci robot-assisted nephre...

[Scientific communication to "my" patient].

In scientific communication, "my" patient should be differentiated from the "average" patient of randomized controlled clinical trials. Communication ...