Surgery

Phenomenological network models: Lessons for epilepsy surgery.

The current opinion in epilepsy surgery is that successful surgery is about removing pathological co...

Intra-Abdominal Cooling System Limits Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury During Robot-Assisted Renal Transplantation.

Robot-assisted kidney transplantation is feasible; however, concerns have been raised about possible...

Robot-assisted surgery in a broader healthcare perspective: a difference-in-difference-based cost analysis of a national prostatectomy cohort.

OBJECTIVE: To estimate costs attributable to robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) as com...

Robotic assistants in personal care: A scoping review.

The aim of this study is to present an overview of the technological advances in the field of roboti...

A computationally efficient method for hand-eye calibration.

PURPOSE: Surgical robots with cooperative control and semiautonomous features have shown increasing ...

Localized prostate cancer and robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: a retrospective, comparative study between pre- and post-operative Gleason scores.

INTRODUCTION: To compare the pre- and post-operative Gleason scores (GS) in patients with localized ...

Predictors of short-term and long-term incontinence after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.

Purpose To determine retrospectively the prognostic factors for urinary incontinence following robot...

High-accuracy drilling with an image guided light weight robot: autonomous versus intuitive feed control.

PURPOSE: Assistance of robotic systems in the operating room promises higher accuracy and, hence, de...

Medical capsule robots: A renaissance for diagnostics, drug delivery and surgical treatment.

The advancements in electronics and the progress in nanotechnology have resulted in path breaking de...

Usability testing of a developed assistive robotic system with virtual assistance for individuals with cerebral palsy: a case study.

This paper presents a novel application of an assistive robotic system with virtual assistance to en...

Automated Critical Test Findings Identification and Online Notification System Using Artificial Intelligence in Imaging.

Purpose To evaluate the performance of an artificial intelligence (AI) tool using a deep learning al...

Automated robot-assisted surgical skill evaluation: Predictive analytics approach.

BACKGROUND: Surgical skill assessment has predominantly been a subjective task. Recently, technologi...

Robotic versus thoracoscopic thymectomy: The current evidence.

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to analyze all relevant comparative studies comparing robo...

Robotic and Sensor Technologies for Mobility in Older People.

Maintaining independent mobility is fundamental to independent living and to the quality of life of ...

The Arm Movement Detection (AMD) test: a fast robotic test of proprioceptive acuity in the arm.

BACKGROUND: We examined the validity and reliability of a short robotic test of upper limb proprioce...

Assessment of pose repeatability and specimen repositioning of a robotic joint testing platform.

This paper describes the quantitative assessment of a robotic testing platform, consisting of an ind...

Long-term survival after surveillance and treatment in patients with chronic viral hepatitis and hepatocellular carcinoma.

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the main cause of mortality in patients with chronic viral hepatit...

Robotic Transnasal Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery: Systematic Review of the Literature and Report of a Novel Prototype for a Hybrid System (Brescia Endoscope Assistant Robotic Holder).

BACKGROUND: Although robotics has already been applied to several surgical fields, available systems...

Training Surgical Residents With a Haptic Robotic Central Venous Catheterization Simulator.

OJECTIVE: Ultrasound guided central venous catheterization (CVC) is a common surgical procedure with...

Novel Variable-Stiffness Robotic Fingers with Built-In Position Feedback.

Despite the increasing popularity of soft robotic research, the application of soft robots is hinder...

Re: Domestically Produced Chinese Minimally Invasive Surgical Robot System "Micro Hand S" is Applied to Clinical Surgery Preliminarily in China.