Surgery

rSILS: initial clinical experience with single-port robotic (SPr) right colectomy.

BACKGROUND: The da Vinci Single-Port (SP) robot is a novel platform designed to facilitate single-in...

Re: Giuseppe Simone, Umberto Anceschi, Gabriele Tuderti, et al. Robot-assisted Partial Adrenalectomy for the Treatment of Conn's Syndrome: Surgical Technique, and Perioperative and Functional Outcomes. Eur Urol 2019;75:811-6.

Results of Green Indocyanine in the Use of the R1T1 Robot as Aid in the Pre-operative Process of Hepatic Organ Transplant: Experiment in Wistar Rats.

Since the beginning of the history of transplants, numerous difficulties have been faced in the effe...

Deep learning with 4D spatio-temporal data representations for OCT-based force estimation.

Estimating the forces acting between instruments and tissue is a challenging problem for robot-assis...

The fourier M2 robotic machine combined with occupational therapy on post-stroke upper limb function and independence-related quality of life: A randomized clinical trial.

Most post-stroke patients experience upper limb functionality challenges. Emergent therapies using u...

Non - invasive modelling methodology for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease using fuzzy cognitive maps.

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and strokes produce immense health and economic burdens globally. Coro...

CT window trainable neural network for improving intracranial hemorrhage detection by combining multiple settings.

Window settings to rescale and contrast stretch raw data from radiographic images such as Computed T...

Development of a Novel Task-oriented Rehabilitation Program using a Bimanual Exoskeleton Robotic Hand.

A robot-assisted hand is used for the rehabilitation of patients with impaired upper limb function, ...

Mixed-reality assistive robotic power chair simulator for Parkinson's tremor testing.

This note describes the development of a mixed-reality assistive robotic wheel chair simulator for t...

Predicting intra-operative and postoperative consequential events using machine-learning techniques in patients undergoing robot-assisted partial nephrectomy: a Vattikuti Collective Quality Initiative database study.

OBJECTIVE: To predict intra-operative (IOEs) and postoperative events (POEs) consequential to the de...

Progressive learning: A deep learning framework for continual learning.

Continual learning is the ability of a learning system to solve new tasks by utilizing previously ac...

Cannabis use is associated with a small increase in the risk of postoperative nausea and vomiting: a retrospective machine-learning causal analysis.

BACKGROUND: Cannabis legalization may contribute to an increased frequency of chronic use among pati...

Assessment and prediction of spine surgery invasiveness with machine learning techniques.

BACKGROUND: The interest in Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) techniques has greatly increased in the...

Static Tactile Sensing for a Robotic Electronic Skin via an Electromechanical Impedance-Based Approach.

Tactile sensing is paramount for robots operating in human-centered environments to help in understa...

Robotic vs laparoscopic total mesorectal excision for rectal cancers: has a paradigm change occurred? A systematic review by updated meta-analysis.

AIM: The debate about the oncological adequacy, safety and efficiency of robotic vs laparoscopic tot...

A Robotic Camera Holder Controlled by Head Movements: Exploring This New Robot-Surgeon Interface.

Most robotic camera steering devices (RCSDs) require active steering by the surgeon and necessarily...

Short-term outcomes of robot-assisted versus conventional laparoscopic surgery for early-stage endometrial cancer: A retrospective, single-center study.

AIM: We compared the short-term outcomes between conventional laparoscopic surgery (CLS) and robot-a...

Motor improvement estimation and task adaptation for personalized robot-aided therapy: a feasibility study.

BACKGROUND: In the past years, robotic systems have become increasingly popular in upper limb rehabi...

Utilization of a Peritoneal Interposition Flap to Prevent Symptomatic Lymphoceles After Robotic Radical Prostatectomy and Bilateral Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection.

The peritoneal interposition flap (PIF) has been shown to prevent postoperative symptomatic lymphoc...

Automated laparoscopic colorectal surgery workflow recognition using artificial intelligence: Experimental research.

BACKGROUND: Identifying laparoscopic surgical videos using artificial intelligence (AI) facilitates ...

Robotic low anterior resection: how to maximise success in difficult surgery.

Minimally invasive laparoscopic low or ultra-low anterior resection may present as a complex, techni...