Surgery

Prognostic Value of Carbohydrate Antigen 19-9 and the Surgical Margin in Extrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma.

AIM: The prognostic value of the perioperative carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9) value and the prog...

Concomitant robot-assisted laparoscopic surgeries for upper and lower urinary tract malignancies: a comprehensive literature review.

Worldwide, we have witnessed an expansion of robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery (RALS) and thanks t...

Robotic surgery: would any other (more accurate) name smell as sweet?

The term we use to describe a surgical case that employs robotics influences how experts and laypeop...

Review of automated performance metrics to assess surgical technical skills in robot-assisted laparoscopy.

INTRODUCTION: Robot-assisted laparoscopy is a safe surgical approach with several studies suggesting...

Mandate to evaluate robotic surgery implementation: a 12-year retrospective analysis of impact and future implications.

The introduction of robotic surgery in hospitals has raised much debate given the various effects on...

An Improved Weighted Gradient Projection Method for Inverse Kinematics of Redundant Surgical Manipulators.

Different from traditional redundant manipulators, the redundant manipulators used in the surgical e...

Autonomous Thermal Vision Robotic System for Victims Recognition in Search and Rescue Missions.

Technological breakthroughs in recent years have led to a revolution in fields such as Machine Visio...

Robotic repair of post-oesophagectomy hiatal hernia.

Diaphragmatic hiatal hernia is a potential complication of oesophagectomy in cancer patients. Over t...

Machine learning versus traditional methods for the development of risk stratification scores: a case study using original Canadian Syncope Risk Score data.

Artificial Intelligence and machine learning (ML) methods are promising for risk-stratification, but...

Changes in outcomes and operative trends with pediatric robot-assisted resection of choledochal cyst.

BACKGROUND: This study aimed to report our experience with a robot-assisted resection of choledochal...

A priori prediction of local failure in brain metastasis after hypo-fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy using quantitative MRI and machine learning.

This study investigated the effectiveness of pre-treatment quantitative MRI and clinical features al...

Robotic total pelvic exenteration with en bloc pelvic side wall clearance and internal iliac artery resection - A Video Vignette.

Robotic Puboprostatic Fistula Repair with Holmium Laser Pubic Debridement.

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE: Urosymphyseal fistula (UF) with osteomyelitis most commonly occurs as a ...

Clinical outcome of laparoscopic versus robot-assisted radical cystectomy for patients with bladder cancer: a retrospective study.

BACKGROUND: With the development of minimally invasive surgery technology, patients with bladder can...

Neuroenhancement of surgeons during robotic suturing.

BACKGROUND: The initial phases of robotic surgical skills acquisition are associated with poor techn...

Short-term outcomes in robot-assisted compared to laparoscopic colon cancer resections: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

BACKGROUND: Robot-assisted surgery is increasingly adopted in colorectal surgery. However, evidence ...

HoloMentor: A Novel Mixed Reality Surgical Anatomy Curriculum for Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy.

OBJECTIVES: The disruption to surgical training and medical education caused by the global COVID-19 ...

Artificial Intelligence and Surgical Education: A Systematic Scoping Review of Interventions.

OBJECTIVE: To synthesize peer-reviewed evidence related to the use of artificial intelligence (AI) i...

Comparing Revo-i and da Vinci in Retzius-Sparing Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy: A Preliminary Propensity Score Analysis of Outcomes.

This study aims to compare perioperative and oncologic outcomes between matched cohorts of localize...

Release of Hyaluronan in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage and Cerebral Vasospasm: A Pilot Study Indicating a Shedding of the Endothelial Glycocalyx.

BACKGROUND: This pilot study investigated plasma concentrations of hyaluronan, heparan sulfate, and ...

A systematic review of sutureless vascular anastomosis technologies.

Vascular anastomoses typically involve a handsewn technique requiring significant surgical training,...