Surgery

Simultaneous separation of arsenic and cadmium from interfering salt matrix of multivitamin/mineral supplements by sequential coprecipitation and determination by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry.

Multivitamin/mineral (MVM) supplements possess highly saline matrix which, unless eliminated, preclu...

A Randomized Control Trial Of Anti-Inflammatory Regional Hypothermia On Urinary Continence During Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy.

The present study seeks to present a single-blind, randomized control trial of a hypothermic anti-in...

The role of combination preand postoperative albendazole therapy in the surgical management of liver hydatidosis.

AIMS: ALB is the most commonly used drug for the treatment of echinococcosis. The aim of the present...

Machine learning to predict lung nodule biopsy method using CT image features: A pilot study.

Computed tomography (CT)-based screening on lung cancer mortality is poised to make lung nodule mana...

Controllable switching between planar and helical flagellar swimming of a soft robotic sperm.

Sperm cells undergo a wide variety of swimming patterns by a beating flagellum to maintain high spee...

Ensemble machine learning prediction of posttraumatic stress disorder screening status after emergency room hospitalization.

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) develops in a substantial minority of emergency room admits. In...

Towards automatic encoding of medical procedures using convolutional neural networks and autoencoders.

Classification systems such as ICD-10 for diagnoses or the Swiss Operation Classification System (CH...

RSDNet: Learning to Predict Remaining Surgery Duration from Laparoscopic Videos Without Manual Annotations.

Accurate surgery duration estimation is necessary for optimal OR planning, which plays an important ...

Blood Pressure Assessment with Differential Pulse Transit Time and Deep Learning: A Proof of Concept.

BACKGROUND: Modern clinical environments are laden with technology devices continuously gathering ph...

Combined glue embolization and excision for the treatment of venous malformations.

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to evaluate safety, technical success, and clinical outcom...

A Machine Learning Framework for Automatic and Continuous MMN Detection With Preliminary Results for Coma Outcome Prediction.

Mismatch negativity (MMN) is a component of the event-related potential (ERP) that is elicited throu...

Comparisons of Pressure-controlled Ventilation with Volume Guarantee and Volume-controlled 1:1 Equal Ratio Ventilation on Oxygenation and Respiratory Mechanics during Robot-assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy: a Randomized-controlled Trial.

During robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP), steep Trendelenburg position and c...

Development and validation of a robotic system for ankle joint testing.

Ankle sprains are the most common sports injury. Gaining a better understanding of ankle mechanics w...

Comparative effectiveness of human scope assistant versus robotic scope holder in laparoscopic resection for colorectal cancer.

BACKGROUND: Several types of robotic scope holders have been developed to date, but there are only s...

Minimally invasive, robot-assisted procedure for kidney transplantation among morbidly obese: Positive outcomes at 5 years post-transplant.

The pre-transplant weight loss required of end-stage renal disease patients is often unachievable. T...

Growth of Pituitary Macroadenomas Postpartial Resection: Implications for Adjuvant Radiotherapy.

 To determine the volumetric growth in macroadenomas (MAs) patients with residual postoperative dis...

Predicting Treatment Response to Image-Guided Therapies Using Machine Learning: An Example for Trans-Arterial Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

Intra-arterial therapies are the standard of care for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma who can...

ASO Author Reflections: The Evolution of Minimally Invasive Liver Surgery and the Future with Robotics.

Self-debriefing Model Based on an Integrated Video-Capture System: An Efficient Solution to Skill Degradation.

OBJECTIVE: Video-based teaching is considered highly effective in debriefing, especially in minimall...

A Dexterous, Glove-Based Teleoperable Low-Power Soft Robotic Arm for Delicate Deep-Sea Biological Exploration.

Modern marine biologists seeking to study or interact with deep-sea organisms are confronted with fe...

3D Deep Learning from CT Scans Predicts Tumor Invasiveness of Subcentimeter Pulmonary Adenocarcinomas.

: Identification of early-stage pulmonary adenocarcinomas before surgery, especially in cases of sub...