Gastroenterology

Automatic identification of fungi under complex microscopic fecal images.

Automatic identification of fungi in microscopic fecal images provides important information for eva...

Risk Factors Associated with Intraoperative Major Blood Loss during Resection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Intraoperative blood loss is an independent predictor of recurrence and survival af...

Simultaneous Laparoscopic Resection of Primary Tumor and Liver Metastases for Colorectal Cancer: Surgical Technique and Short-Term Outcome.

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Laparoscopic approaches are increasingly used in selected patients with either colo...

Effect of Mast Cell Chymase on Activation, Proliferation and Transdifferentiation of Hepatic Stellate Cells.

BACKGROUND/AIMS: This work aims to observe the effects of mast cell (MC) chymase on activation, prol...

Robotically assisted transanal total mesorectal excision: an exciting new trend in rectal cancer surgery.

Predicting selective liver X receptor β agonists using multiple machine learning methods.

Liver X receptor (LXR) α and β are cholesterol sensors; they respond to excess cholesterol and stimu...

Robotic-assisted transanal total mesorectal excision: the key against the Achilles' heel of rectal cancer?

Laparoscopic Total Gastrectomy for Remnant Gastric Cancer Following Distal Gastrectomy with Radical Lymphadenectomy.

BACKGROUND/AIMS: In cases of remnantgastric cancer (RGC) with previous lymphadenectomy, laparoscopic...

Flexible endoscopic robot.

Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) is a novel surgical procedure during which a...

[Latest development of intestinal capsule endoscopy robot].

With the development of capsule endoscopy, developing active capsule endoscopy robot becomes a growi...

Successful Robotic Cystogastrostomy after Failed Endoscopic Drainage for Infected Pancreatic Fluid Collection Post Distal Pancreatectomy.

We are presenting the management of an infected pancreatic fluid collection that occurred six months...

Esophagojejunostomy reconstruction using a robot-sewing technique during totally robotic total gastrectomy for gastric cancer.

BACKGROUND/AIMS: The aim of this study was to report on the feasibility of esophagojejunostomy recon...

[Screening diagnostics of stomach cancer on the basis of fuzzy models of blood structure and composition and patients anamnesis].

Long-term oncologic outcomes of robotic low anterior resection for rectal cancer: a comparative study with laparoscopic surgery.

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to evaluate long-term oncologic outcomes of robotic surgery for ...

Identification of hepatocellular carcinoma-related genes with a machine learning and network analysis.

Liver cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer mortality worldwide. Hepatocellular carcinoma (H...

Classification models of HCV NS3 protease inhibitors based on support vector machine (SVM).

Inhibition of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) non-structural protein 3 (NS3) serine protease by molecule...

Robotic-assisted laparoscopic transanal total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer: a prospective pilot study.

BACKGROUND: We performed a prospective pilot study of robotic-assisted laparoscopic transanal procte...

Comparison of short- and long-term outcomes of an early experience with robotic and laparoscopic-assisted resection for rectal cancer.

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Robotic surgery is increasingly used for rectal cancer. We compared the short- and ...

On the Origins of Hepatitis C Virus NS5B Polymerase Inhibitory Activity Using Machine Learning Approaches.

Inhibition of non-structural protein 5B (NS5B) represents an attractive strategy for the therapeutic...

[Role of the tissue antioxidant status in response to chronic irradiation of mice during early ontogenesis].

The response of the liver and blood erythrocyte lipids to the low intensity chronic γ-irradiation ac...

A Haptic Guided Robotic System for Endoscope Positioning and Holding.

AIM: To determine the feasibility, advantages, and disadvantages of using a robot for holding and ma...