Pediatrics

Retrospective assessment of the validity of robotic surgery in comparison to open surgery for pediatric choledochal cyst.

PURPOSE: We evaluated the validity of robotic surgery (RS) for pediatric choledochal cyst (CC) in comparison to open surgery (OS).

Oropharyngeal stenosis after transoral robotic lingual tonsillectomy.

Transoral robotic-assisted lingual tonsillectomy seems to confirm good tolerability with efficient results in both adult and pediatric populations, and the complication rate is usually dependent on the specific procedure and not related to the use of the robotic techniques. In these clinical reports, a 44-year-old woman (patient 1) and a 49-year-old woman (patient 2) were referred to our clinic wi...

Prechemotherapy robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical nephrectomy for an adolescent with Wilms tumor.

Although Wilms tumor (WT) is the most common pediatric renal tumor, adolescent and adult WT is rare. Nevertheless, adolescent renal tumors as a group ...

Practice innovation: the need for nimble data platforms to implement precision oncology care.

Given the drive toward personalized, value-based, and coordinated cancer care delivery, modern knowledge-based practice is being shaped within the con...

Functional geometric morphometric analysis of masticatory system ontogeny in papionin primates.

The three-dimensional configuration of the primate masticatory system is constrained by the need to maximize bite forces while avoiding distraction of...

Gist Representations and Communication of Risks about HIV-AIDS: A Fuzzy-Trace Theory Approach.

As predicted by fuzzy-trace theory, people with a range of training—from untrained adolescents to expert physicians—are susceptible to biases and erro...

Prediction of Longitudinal Development of Infant Cortical Surface Shape Using a 4D Current-Based Learning Framework.

Understanding the early dynamics of the highly folded human cerebral cortex is still an actively evolving research field teeming with unanswered quest...

Development of an Adolescent Depression Ontology for Analyzing Social Data.

Depression in adolescence is associated with significant suicidality. Therefore, it is important to detect the risk for depression and provide timely ...

Tele-care robot for assisting independent senior citizens who live at home.

In the last twenty years most developed countries face dramatic demographic changes, and predominantly the rapid aging of their population. As the sha...

Swarm intelligence applied to the risk evaluation for congenital heart surgery.

Particle Swarm Optimization is an optimization technique based on the positions of several particles created to find the best solution to a problem. I...

Langerhans cell histiocytosis in children diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration.

BACKGROUND: Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare intricate pediatric neoplasm with varied clinical manifestations and multiple treatment moda...

[Effect of Inherent Immunity Factors of Development of Antibiotic Tolerance and Survival of Bacterial Populations under Antibiotic Attack].

Effect of human inherent immunity factors of, a gene-encoded antibacterial peptide indolicidin (Ind) and a cytokine interleukin 1 (IL1) on formation o...

Pilot licensing after aortic valve surgery.

BACKGROUND AND AIM OF THE STUDY: Bicuspid aortic valve is the most common congenital heart malformation, and a high percentage of patients with this c...