Surgery

Estimating risk of severe neonatal morbidity in preterm births under 32 weeks of gestation.

A large recent study analyzed the relationship between multiple factors and neonatal outcome and in...

Comparison of Robot-Assisted Versus Open Simple Prostatectomy for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Recent advancements in minimally invasive approaches for prostate surgery have pr...

Deep Endoscopic Visual Measurements.

Robotic endoscopic systems offer a minimally invasive approach to the examination of internal body s...

Minimally Invasive Surgical Approach for Posterior Tracheopexy to Treat Severe Tracheomalacia: Lessons Learned from Initial Case Series.

Posterior tracheopexy directly addresses membranous tracheal intrusion in severe tracheomalacia (TM...

Assessing Wrist Movement With Robotic Devices.

Robotic devices have been proposed to meet the rising need for high intensity, long duration, and go...

Design and Evaluation of FBG-Based Tension Sensor in Laparoscope Surgical Robots.

Due to the narrow space and a harsh chemical environment in the sterilization processes for the end-...

Robotic Head and Neck Surgery: History, Technical Evolution and the Future.

The first application of robotic technology in surgery was described in 1985 when a robot was used t...

Comparison of Models for Predicting Quality of Life After Surgical Resection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: a Prospective Study.

BACKGROUND: The essential issue of internal validity has not been adequately addressed in prediction...

Dual-modality endoscopic probe for tissue surface shape reconstruction and hyperspectral imaging enabled by deep neural networks.

Surgical guidance and decision making could be improved with accurate and real-time measurement of i...

Robotic bees for crop pollination: Why drones cannot replace biodiversity.

The notion that robotic crop pollination will solve the decline in pollinators has gained wide popul...

Using deep convolutional neural networks to identify and classify tumor-associated stroma in diagnostic breast biopsies.

The breast stromal microenvironment is a pivotal factor in breast cancer development, growth and met...

Is Robotic Complete Mesocolic Excision Feasible for Transverse Colon Cancer?

Laparoscopic complete mesocolic excision (CME) for transverse colon cancer is technically challengi...

Utilization of a robotic mount to determine the force required to cut palatal tissue.

Determination of the material properties of soft tissue is a growing area of interest that aids in t...

Robot-assisted enucleation of large dumbbell-shaped esophageal schwannoma: a case report.

BACKGROUND: Esophageal schwannomas are extremely rare, with few cases reported in the literature. Tr...

Assessing Effectiveness and Costs in Robot-Mediated Lower Limbs Rehabilitation: A Meta-Analysis and State of the Art.

Robots were introduced in rehabilitation in the 90s to meet different needs, that is, reducing the p...

Evaluation of the DOAC-Stop® Procedure to Overcome the Effect of DOACs on Several Thrombophilia Screening Tests.

The impact of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) on laboratory assays used for thrombophilia testing...

Soft tissue deformation modelling through neural dynamics-based reaction-diffusion mechanics.

Soft tissue deformation modelling forms the basis of development of surgical simulation, surgical pl...

Development of a Laparoscopic Box Trainer Based on Open Source Hardware and Artificial Intelligence for Objective Assessment of Surgical Psychomotor Skills.

BACKGROUND: A trainer for online laparoscopic surgical skills assessment based on the performance of...

Re: Vesico-Urethral Anastomosis (VUA) Evaluation of Short- and Long-Term Outcome after Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy (RARP): Selective Cystogram to Improve Outcome.

Reliability, validity and discriminant ability of the instrumental indices provided by a novel planar robotic device for upper limb rehabilitation.

BACKGROUND: In the last few years, there has been an increasing interest in the use of robotic devic...

Survey of potential receptivity to robotic-assisted exercise coaching in a diverse sample of smokers and nonsmokers.

A prior project found that an intensive (12 weeks, thrice weekly sessions) in-person, supervised, ex...