Gastroenterology

Robotic Low Ligation of the Inferior Mesenteric Artery for Rectal Cancer Using the Firefly Technique.

PURPOSE: By integrating intraoperative near infrared fluorescence imaging into a robotic system, surgeons can identify the vascular anatomy in real-time with the technical advantages of robotics that is useful for meticulous lymphovascular dissection. Herein, we report our initial experience of robotic low ligation of the inferior mesenteric artery (IMA) with real-time identification of the vascul...

A new automated quantification algorithm for the detection and evaluation of focal liver lesions with contrast-enhanced ultrasound.

PURPOSE: Detect and classify focal liver lesions (FLLs) from contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) imaging by means of an automated quantification algorithm.

Automatic identification of fungi under complex microscopic fecal images.

Automatic identification of fungi in microscopic fecal images provides important information for evaluating digestive diseases. To date, disease diagn...

Technique evolution, learning curve, and outcomes of 200 robot-assisted gastric bypass procedures: a 5-year experience.

BACKGROUND: We evaluate our 5-year experience, evolution of technique, and clinical outcomes with robot-assisted RYGB.

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 after resection of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). T...

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 colorectal or liver disease. The aim of this study was...

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, proliferation and transdifferentiation of hepatic stel...

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 stimulate reverse cholesterol transport. Activating LXR...

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 total gastrectomy (LTG) is still uncommon because...

Flexible endoscopic robot.

Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) is a novel surgical procedure during which abdominal operations can be performed with an endos...

[Latest development of intestinal capsule endoscopy robot].

With the development of capsule endoscopy, developing active capsule endoscopy robot becomes a growing trend. Although stomach diagnosis with robot ha...

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 after distal pancreatectomy in the setting of a r...

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 reconstruction using a robot-sewing technique during a ...

[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 rectal cancer compared with laparoscopic surgery a...

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 (HCC) is the main type of liver cancer. We applied a...

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 inhibitors is an attractive strategy for the trea...

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 proctectomy with total mesorectal excision for the surgi...