Gastroenterology

Development and Validation of a Radiomics Model Based on 3-Dimensional Endoanal Rectal Ultrasound of Rectal Cancer for Predicting Lymph Node Metastasis.

BACKGROUND: Development of a radiomics model for predicting lymph node metastasis status in rectal cancer patients based on 3-dimensional endoanal rectal ultrasound images.

Application of artificial neural network algorithm in pathological diagnosis and prognosis prediction of digestive tract malignant tumors.

The application of artificial neural network algorithm in pathological diagnosis of gastrointestinal malignant tumors has become a research hotspot. In the previous studies, the algorithm research mainly focused on the model development based on convolutional neural networks, while only a few studies used the combination of convolutional neural networks and recurrent neural networks. The research ...

Application of Deep Learning Models to Improve Ulcerative Colitis Endoscopic Disease Activity Scoring Under Multiple Scoring Systems.

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Lack of clinical validation and inter-observer variability are two limitations of endoscopic assessment and scoring of disease se...

Integration of deep learning-based histopathology and transcriptomics reveals key genes associated with fibrogenesis in patients with advanced NASH.

Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is the most common chronic liver disease globally and a leading cause for liver transplantation in the US. Its pat...

Minimally Invasive Pancreatectomy: Robotic and Laparoscopic Developments.

Minimally invasive pancreatectomy is increasingly used. Although offering potential advantages over open approaches, minimally invasive pancreatectomy...

Artificial Intelligence in Pediatric Endoscopy: Current Status and Future Applications.

The application of artificial intelligence (AI) has great promise for improving pediatric endoscopy. The majority of preclinical studies have been und...

[Robotic Liver Resection for Liver Malignancy].

Robotic liver resection is a new platform for minimally invasive liver resection, and its functional advantages are expected to reduce or overcome the...

[Short-Term and Long-Term Results of Robot-Assisted Rectal Resections Performed in Our Department].

BACKGROUND: We introduced the da Vinci robotic surgical system in 2006 for the first time in Japan, and have been performing robot-assisted rectal can...

The surgical anatomy of a (robot-assisted) minimally invasive transcervical esophagectomy.

BACKGROUND: Transcervical esophagectomy allows for esophagectomy through transcervical access and bypasses the thoracic cavity, thereby eliminating si...

Minimally invasive versus open pancreatic surgery: meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials.

BACKGROUND: Widespread implementation of the minimally invasive technique in pancreatic surgery has proven to be challenging. The aim of this study wa...

Clinical impact of artificial intelligence-based solutions on imaging of the pancreas and liver.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has experienced substantial progress over the last ten years in many fields of application, including healthcare. In hepa...

Can artificial intelligence increase the efficiency of referrals from primary to specialized care?

The overload of the current healthcare model makes the search for strategies to improve process efficiency essential. An artificial intelligence (AI) ...

Artificial intelligence and capsule endoscopy: automatic detection of enteric protruding lesions using a convolutional neural network.

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: capsule endoscopy (CE) revolutionized the study of the small intestine. Nevertheless, reviewing CE images is time-consuming and p...

Robotic Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy.

Robotic minimally invasive esophagectomy can be safely performed by adhering to key technical principles. Careful development of the gastric conduit w...

[Artificial intelligence in gastrointestinal endoscopy].

[Surgical Technique for Mesorectal Division in the Robotic Anterior Resection for Rectal Cancer].

Since April 2018, robot-assisted rectal resection has been approved as an insurance medical treatment, and robot- assisted rectal resection is rapidly...

[A Case of Locally Advanced Sigmoid Colon Cancer Invading the Urinary Bladder Treated with Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Robot Assisted Urinary Bladder-Conserving Surgery].

We report a case of 72s male with locally advanced sigmoid colon cancer. Colonoscopy revealed an advanced sigmoid colon cancer(AV 15 cm, type 2, semi-...

[Eight mm Port-Site Hernia Following Robot-Assisted Abdominoperineal Resection for Rectal Cancer-A Case Report].

A 70s woman with a history of asthma and dyslipidemia underwent a robot-assisted abdominoperineal resection for rectal cancer. The ports were placed a...

Improving artificial intelligence pipeline for liver malignancy diagnosis using ultrasound images and video frames.

Recent developments of deep learning methods have demonstrated their feasibility in liver malignancy diagnosis using ultrasound (US) images. However, ...

Advancing the precision management of inflammatory bowel disease in the era of omics approaches and new technology.

There is great heterogeneity among inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients in terms of pathogenesis, clinical manifestation, response to treatment, ...