Nephrology

Robotic assistance for percutaneous needle insertion in the kidney: preclinical proof on a swine animal model.

BACKGROUND: We evaluated the accuracy, safety, and feasibility of a computed tomography (CT)-guided ...

Robotic versus hand-assisted laparoscopic living donor nephrectomy: comparison of two minimally invasive techniques in kidney transplantation.

Robot-assisted donor nephrectomy (RDN) is increasingly used due to its advantages such as its precis...

Modeling solubility of CO-N gas mixtures in aqueous electrolyte systems using artificial intelligence techniques and equations of state.

Determining the solubility of non-hydrocarbon gases such as carbon dioxide (CO) and nitrogen (N) in ...

Switching to a NRTI-free 2 drug regimen (2DR) -a sub-analysis of the 48 weeks DUALIS study on metabolic and renal changes.

Switching from a three-drug regimen (3DR: boosted darunavir [bDRV] and two nucleoside reverse trans...

Anti-Fatigue and Exercise Performance Improvement Effect of Extract in Mice.

(GT) is a native perennial plant growing across the coastline areas in Taiwan. The current study ai...

A novel convolutional neural network for kidney ultrasound images segmentation.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Ultrasound imaging has been widely used in the screening of kidney disease...

TIMP-1: A Circulating Biomarker for Pulmonary Hypertension Diagnosis Among Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients.

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a common complication of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)...

Effectiveness of Artificial Intelligence Models for Cardiovascular Disease Prediction: Network Meta-Analysis.

Heart failure is the most common cause of death in both males and females around the world. Cardiova...

Predicting Chronic Kidney Disease Using Hybrid Machine Learning Based on Apache Spark.

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) has become a widespread disease among people. It is related to various ...

A deep learning system for automated kidney stone detection and volumetric segmentation on noncontrast CT scans.

PURPOSE: Early detection and size quantification of renal calculi are important for optimizing treat...

Robotic partial nephrectomy in 3D virtual reconstructions era: is the paradigm changed?

CONTEXT: The development of a tailored, patient-specific medical and surgical approach is becoming o...

Effects of Irbesartan and Amlodipine Besylate Tablets on the Intestinal Microflora of Rats With Hypertensive Renal Damage.

The present study aimed to investigate the effects of irbesartan and amlodipine besylate tablets on...

Re: Robotic Kidney Transplantation with Regional Hypothermia Versus Open Kidney Transplantation for Patients with End Stage Renal Disease: An Ideal Stage 2B Study.

Comparison of surgical outcomes and split renal function between laparoscopic and robot-assisted partial nephrectomy: a propensity score-matched analysis.

PURPOSE: The objective of this study was to compare perioperative outcomes and total and split renal...

Robot-assisted kidney transplantation as a minimally invasive approach for kidney transplant recipients: A systematic review and meta-analyses.

BACKGROUND: Robot-assisted kidney transplantation (RAKT) has emerged as an alternative for kidney tr...

The potential of artificial intelligence-based applications in kidney pathology.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The field of pathology is currently undergoing a significant transformation from ...

Experimental Research on the Antitumor Effect of Human Gastric Cancer Cells Transplanted in Nude Mice Based on Deep Learning Combined with Spleen-Invigorating Chinese Medicine.

Gastric cancer is still the fifth most common malignant tumor in the world and has the fourth highes...

Effectiveness of Retzius-Sparing Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy in a Renal Transplant Recipient: a Case Report.

BACKGROUND: Prostate cancer (PCa) has increased as a long-term outcome of advanced immunosuppression...

Modeling of the dynamics of vascular embolization by using porous media for the design of injection robots of embolic agents.

Embolization is the prevailing therapy for tumor-targeting, anti-organ hyperfunction, and hemostasis...

Robot-Assisted Kidney Transplantation: Initial Experience with a Modified Hypothermia Technique.

INTRODUCTION: The aim of the study was to report our initial experience of robot-assisted kidney tra...

Machine learning-based diagnosis and risk factor analysis of cardiocerebrovascular disease based on KNHANES.

The prevalence of cardiocerebrovascular disease (CVD) is continuously increasing, and it is the lead...