Surgery

Re: Bernard H. Bochner, Guido Dalbagni, Karim H. Marzouk, et al. Randomized Trial Comparing Open Radical Cystectomy and Robot-assisted Laparoscopic Radical Cystectomy: Oncologic Outcomes. Eur Urol 2018;74:465-71: Can the Pattern of Cancer Recurrence Truly be Assigned to the Surgical Modality?

Reply to Siebren Dijkstra and Carl J. Wijburg's Letter to the Editor re: Bernard H. Bochner, Guido Dalbagni, Karim H. Marzouk, et al. Randomized Trial Comparing Open Radical Cystectomy and Robot-assisted Laparoscopic Radical Cystectomy: Oncologic Outcomes. Eur Urol 2018;74:465-71. Can the Pattern of Cancer Recurrence Truly be Assigned to the Surgical Modality?

Analysis of Endonasal Endoscopic Transsphenoidal (EET) surgery pathway and workspace for path guiding robot design.

BACKGROUND: Endoscopic Endonasal Transsphenoidal Surgery (EETS) is the standard method to treat pitu...

An ecologically constrained procedure for sensitivity analysis of Artificial Neural Networks and other empirical models.

Sensitivity analysis applied to Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) as well as to other types of empir...

The oncological and surgical safety of robot-assisted surgery in colorectal cancer: outcomes of a longitudinal prospective cohort study.

BACKGROUND: Colorectal cancer is one of the most common cancers worldwide. Laparoscopic colorectal s...

Defining and discriminating responders from non-responders following transurethral resection of the prostate.

BACKGROUND: Transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) is the reference standard surgical treatm...

Robot-assisted Tongue Base Resection ensures favorable therapeutic outcome to Obstructive Sleep Apnea patients with Lingual tonsil hypertrophy.

Tongue base (TB) narrowing is recognized as a significant site of upper airway collapse during sleep...

Robotic hand illusion with tactile feedback: Unravelling the relative contribution of visuotactile and visuomotor input to the representation of body parts in space.

The rubber hand illusion describes a phenomenon in which participants experience a rubber hand as be...

Melanoma lesion detection and segmentation using deep region based convolutional neural network and fuzzy C-means clustering.

OBJECTIVE: Melanoma is a dangerous form of the skin cancer responsible for thousands of deaths every...

Machine Learning Can Improve Estimation of Surgical Case Duration: A Pilot Study.

Operating room (OR) utilization is a significant determinant of hospital profitability. One aspect o...

A novel multiple communication paths for surgical telepresence videos delivery of the maxilla area in oral and maxillofacial surgery.

PURPOSE: A surgical telepresence between two surgical sites where a local surgeon in the surgery sit...

Clinical Value of Machine Learning in the Automated Detection of Focal Cortical Dysplasia Using Quantitative Multimodal Surface-Based Features.

To automatically detect focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) lesion by combining quantitative multimodal ...

Using Machine Learning to Identify Change in Surgical Decision Making in Current Use of Damage Control Laparotomy.

BACKGROUND: In an earlier study, we reported the successful reduction in the use of damage control l...

Minimally Invasive Radical Hysterectomy Has Many Benefits Compared with Open Radical Hysterectomy: Will the LACC Trial Cause the Premature Demise of This Procedure?

Enabling single-site laparoscopy: the SPORT platform.

BACKGROUND: The Single Port Orifice Robotic Technology (SPORT) Surgical System by Titan Medical Inc....

Design and Implementation of a Bespoke Robotic Manipulator for Extra-corporeal Ultrasound.

With the potential for high precision, dexterity, and repeatability, a self-tracked robotic system c...

Robot-assisted laparoscopic vs laparoscopic donor nephrectomy in renal transplantation: A meta-analysis.

BACKGROUND: Currently, the robot-assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (RDN) technique is used for...

Shape memory alloy reinforced 5 mm ultra-thin rigid link surgical instrument with force-feedback.

We report the development of a rigid link surgical instrument for surgical robotics. The device is o...

Reduced-Port Laparoscopic Surgery for Patients With Proximal Transverse Colon Cancer With Situs Inversus Totalis: A Case Report.

Situs inversus is a rare hereditary disorder in which various anomalies have been reported with inte...

Human/robotic interaction: vision limits performance in simulated vitreoretinal surgery.

PURPOSE: Compare accuracy and precision in XYZ of stationary and dynamic tasks performed by surgeons...

Robot-assisted tremor control for performance enhancement of retinal microsurgeons.

Pars plana vitrectomy is a challenging, minimally invasive microsurgical procedure due to its intrin...