Surgery

Clinician Perceptions of Robotic Exoskeletons for Locomotor Training After Spinal Cord Injury: A Qualitative Approach.

OBJECTIVE: To describe the experiences of clinicians who have used robotic exoskeletons in their practice and acquire information that can guide clinical decisions and training strategies related to robotic exoskeletons.

Safety of Inguinal Hernia Repair in the Elderly with Perioperative Continuation of Antithrombotic Therapy.

INTRODUCTION: This study aimed to evaluate the safety of an inguinal hernia repair (IHR) under local anesthesia (LA) in the elderly with a perioperative continuation of antithrombotic therapy (AT).

Major colorectal resection is feasible using a new robotic surgical platform: the first report of a case series.

BACKGROUND: The number of abdominal procedures performed via a robotic-assisted approach is increasing as potential advantages of the modality are rec...

Detailed Analysis of Urinary Tract Infections After Robot-Assisted Radical Cystectomy.

To describe urinary tract infections (UTIs) after robot-assisted radical cystectomy (RARC) and investigate the variables associated with it. A retro...

Robotic versus open oncological gastric surgery in the elderly: a propensity score-matched analysis.

Although there is no agreement on a definition of elderly, commonly an age cutoff of ≥ 65 or 75 years is used. Even if robot-assisted surgery is a val...

Machine learning analyses of automated performance metrics during granular sub-stitch phases predict surgeon experience.

Automated performance metrics objectively measure surgeon performance during a robot-assisted radical prostatectomy. Machine learning has demonstrated...

Pelvic Anatomical Features After Retzius-Sparing Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy Intended for Early Recovery of Urinary Symptoms.

To elucidate factors contributing to early urinary continence recovery after retzius-sparing robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RS-RARP) by evalua...

Long-term outcomes of minimally invasive surgeries in partial nephrectomy. Robot or laparoscopy?

BACKGROUND: To compare long-term oncological and renal functional outcomes of laparoscopic and robotic partial nephrectomy for small renal masses.

Current Trends in Artificial Intelligence Application for Endourology and Robotic Surgery.

With the advent of electronic medical records and digitalization of health care over the past 2 decades, artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a...

Automated stroke lesion segmentation in non-contrast CT scans using dense multi-path contextual generative adversarial network.

Stroke lesion volume is a key radiologic measurement in assessing prognosis of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients. The aim of this paper is to devel...

Evaluation of machine learning-driven automated Kleihauer-Betke counting: A method comparison study.

INTRODUCTION: The Kleihauer-Betke (KB) test is the diagnostic standard for the quantification of fetomaternal hemorrhage (FMH). Manual analysis of KB ...

Reliability of robotic transcranial magnetic stimulation motor mapping.

Robotic transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a noninvasive and safe tool that produces cortical motor maps using neuronavigational and neuroanat...

Patch-based classification of gallbladder wall vascularity from laparoscopic images using deep learning.

PURPOSE: In this study, we propose a deep learning approach for assessment of gallbladder (GB) wall vascularity from images of laparoscopic cholecyste...

Ready for the robot? A cross-sectional survey of OB/GYN fellowship directors' experience and expectations of their incoming fellow's robotic surgical skills.

To describe OB/GYN fellowship directors' (FDs) observations, expectations, and preferences of incoming fellow's robotic surgery preparedness. Cross-se...

Thin-Slice Pituitary MRI with Deep Learning-based Reconstruction: Diagnostic Performance in a Postoperative Setting.

Background Achieving high-spatial-resolution pituitary MRI is challenging because of the trade-off between image noise and spatial resolution. Deep le...

Predictive Factors for Blood Transfusion after Total Knee Arthroplasty.

 The present paper aims to (1) verify the incidence and volume of blood transfusion among patients undergoing unilateral cemented total knee arthropl...

Robotic Vaginal Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Hysterectomy for Benign Indications.

STUDY OBJECTIVE: The Hominis surgical system is a novel robot-assisted system, designed specifically for robotic vaginal natural orifice transluminal ...

Formal robotic training diminishes the learning curve for robotic pancreatoduodenectomy: Implications for new programs in complex robotic surgery.

INTRODUCTION: The learning curve associated with robotic pancreatoduodenectomy (RPD) is a hurdle for new programs to achieve optimal results. Since ea...

Five thousand years of minimal access surgery: 3000BC to 1850: early instruments for viewing body cavities.

Surgeons and their patients recognise that one of the major advances in surgical technique over the last 20 years has been the growth of minimal acces...

Review of Laser Raman Spectroscopy for Surgical Breast Cancer Detection: Stochastic Backpropagation Neural Networks.

Laser Raman spectroscopy (LRS) is a highly specific biomolecular technique which has been shown to have the ability to distinguish malignant and norma...