Surgery

Prediction of Postoperative Length of Hospital Stay Based on Differences in Nursing Narratives in Elderly Patients with Epithelial Ovarian Cancer.

OBJECTIVES:  The current study sought to evaluate whether nursing narratives can be used to predict ...

Machine learning approach for prediction of hearing preservation in vestibular schwannoma surgery.

In vestibular schwannoma patients with functional hearing status, surgical resection while preservin...

Intelligent, Autonomous Machines in Surgery.

Surgeons perform two primary tasks: operating and engaging patients and caregivers in shared decisio...

An invited commentary on "Long-term oncological outcomes in robotic versus laparoscopic approach for rectal cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis" (Int J Surg 2020; Epub ahead of print).

Adaptive Variable Stiffness Particle Phalange for Robust and Durable Robotic Grasping.

Grasping is an important characteristic of robots in interacting with humans and the environment. Du...

Leveraging vision and kinematics data to improve realism of biomechanic soft tissue simulation for robotic surgery.

PURPOSE: Surgical simulations play an increasingly important role in surgeon education and developin...

Perioperative margin detection in basal cell carcinoma using a deep learning framework: a feasibility study.

PURPOSE: Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and the number of diagnosi...

Learned optical flow for intra-operative tracking of the retinal fundus.

PURPOSE: Sustained delivery of regenerative retinal therapies by robotic systems requires intra-oper...

Stepwise Description and Outcomes of Bladder Neck Sparing Robot-Assisted Simple Prostatectomy.

To present a stepwise description and outcomes of bladder neck sparing (BNS) robot-assisted simple ...

Comment on: Dirie NI, Ahmed MA, Wang S. Is secondary robotic pyeloplasty safe and effective as primary robotic pyeloplasty? A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Robotic Surg 2020;14:241-8.

Submandibular gland excision: From external surgery to robotic intraoral and extraoral approaches.

Submandibular gland excision is generally performed through a transcervical approach, a safe procedu...

Development of an artificial intelligence system using deep learning to indicate anatomical landmarks during laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

BACKGROUND: The occurrence of bile duct injury (BDI) during laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is an ...

Improving Grasp Function After Spinal Cord Injury With a Soft Robotic Glove.

People with tetraplegia resulting from spinal cord injury experience debilitating hand impairments t...

Surgical details and renal function change after robot-assisted partial nephrectomy.

OBJECTIVES: To investigate whether differences in surgical details during robot-assisted partial nep...

Development of a prediction model for hypotension after induction of anesthesia using machine learning.

Arterial hypotension during the early phase of anesthesia can lead to adverse outcomes such as a pro...

Contemporary Rates and Predictors of Open Conversion During Minimally Invasive Radical Prostatectomy for Nonmetastatic Prostate Cancer.

To test contemporary rates and predictors of open conversion at minimally invasive (laparoscopic or...

Deep Learning Predicts Total Knee Replacement from Magnetic Resonance Images.

Knee Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common musculoskeletal disorder in the United States. When diagnosed a...

Surgical spectral imaging.

Recent technological developments have resulted in the availability of miniaturised spectral imaging...

Development of machine learning and natural language processing algorithms for preoperative prediction and automated identification of intraoperative vascular injury in anterior lumbar spine surgery.

BACKGROUND: Intraoperative vascular injury (VI) may be an unavoidable complication of anterior lumba...

Risk of hernia formation after radical prostatectomy: a comparison between open and robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy within the prospectively controlled LAPPRO trial.

PURPOSE: In addition to incisional hernia, inguinal hernia is a recognized complication to radical r...

Roadmap for Developing Complex Virtual Reality Simulation Scenarios: Subpial Neurosurgical Tumor Resection Model.

BACKGROUND: Advancement and evolution of current virtual reality (VR) surgical simulation technologi...