Surgery

VEGF Overexpression Predicts Poor Survival in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate the clinicopathological and immunohistochemical ...

Bipolar transurethral enucleation and resection of the prostate: Whether it is ready to supersede TURP?

OBJECTIVE: According to the EAU Guidelines, transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) has so fa...

Can a standardised Ventilation Mechanical Test for quantitative intraoperative air leak grading reduce the length of hospital stay after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy?

We standardised a Ventilation Mechanical Test (VMT) after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS...

From ships to robots: The social relations of sensing the world ocean.

The dominant practices of physical oceanography have recently shifted from being based on ship-based...

Performance metrics for guidance active constraints in surgical robotics.

Active constraint (AC)/virtual fixture (VF) is among the most popular approaches towards the shared ...

Artificial lateral line based local sensing between two adjacent robotic fish.

The lateral line system (LLS) is a mechanoreceptive organ system with which fish and aquatic amphibi...

Deep learning analysis of the myocardium in coronary CT angiography for identification of patients with functionally significant coronary artery stenosis.

In patients with coronary artery stenoses of intermediate severity, the functional significance need...

Comparative Study Between Conventional Fasting Versus Overnight Infusion of Lipid or Carbohydrate on Insulin and Free Fatty Acids in Obese Patients Undergoing Elective On-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. A Prospective Randomized Trial.

OBJECTIVES: Postoperative insulin resistance represents a major component of postoperative metabolic...

Prognostic value of postoperative high-sensitivity troponin T in patients with different stages of kidney disease undergoing noncardiac surgery.

BACKGROUND: Emerging evidence suggests that postoperative troponin release is a strong and independe...

Integrating DNA structure switch with branched hairpins for the detection of uracil-DNA glycosylase activity and inhibitor screening.

The detection of uracil-DNA glycosylase (UDG) activity is pivotal for its biochemical studies and th...

Self-primer and self-template recycle rolling circle amplification strategy for sensitive detection of uracil-DNA glycosylase activity.

Sensitive and accurate detection of uracil-DNA glycosylase (UDG) activity is available for evaluatin...

Development of an intelligent surgical training system for Thoracentesis.

Surgical training improves patient care, helps to reduce surgical risks, increases surgeon's confide...

Invited comment to: Laparoscopic inguinal hernioplasty after robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy. Sakon M, Sekino Y, Okada M, Seki H, Munakata Y.

Uniportal subxiphoid video-assisted thoracoscopic approach for thymectomy: a case series.

BACKGROUND: Minimally invasive techniques are becoming increasingly popular in thoracic surgery. Alt...

Towards frameless maskless SRS through real-time 6DoF robotic motion compensation.

Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) uses precise dose placement to treat conditions of the CNS. Frame-ba...

Flexible next-generation robotic surgical system for transoral endoscopic hypopharyngectomy: A comparative preclinical study.

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this cadaveric study was to determine the efficacy of a flexible, next-ge...

Construction of mass spectra database and diagnosis algorithm for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

OBJECTIVES: Intraoperative identification of tumor margins is essential to achieving complete tumor ...

Continuous betadine-bacitracin irrigation for vascular graft infections: A case series.

The aim of the study was to conduct a retrospective chart review of patients who underwent betadine/...

Re: Comparison of retroperitoneal and transperitoneal robotic partial nephrectomy for Pentafecta perioperative and renal functional outcomes.

Identifying causal mechanisms in health care interventions using classification tree analysis.

RATIONALE, AIMS, AND OBJECTIVES: Mediation analysis identifies causal pathways by testing the relati...

Collaborative targeted learning using regression shrinkage.

Causal inference practitioners are routinely presented with the challenge of model selection and, in...