Surgery

A study on autonomous suturing task assignment in robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery.

BACKGROUND: Sutures are a set of standard actions which are accomplished by multi-instruments, researchers studied the robot autonomy of suturing, which was based on movement planning completed by a single instrument, but did not consider the assignment of suturing tasks to instruments.

Pediatric Adenoidectomy: A Comparative Study Between Cold Curettage and Coblation Technique.

The objective of the study was to assess endoscopic coblation adenoidectomy and conventional cold curettage adenoidectomy in terms of safety and efficacy in pediatric patients. Study included 40 pediatric patients, aged between 4-17 years. 20 patients underwent cold curettage adenoidectomy and 20 underwent Coblation adenoidectomy. The 2 procedures were compared on various parameters like duration ...

Robot-Assisted Radical Cystectomy for Nonmetastatic Urothelial Carcinoma of Urinary Bladder: A Comparison Between Intracorporeal Versus Extracorporeal Orthotopic Ileal Neobladder.

To compare surgical, oncologic, functional outcomes and complication rate between intracorporeal neobladder (ICNB) and extracorporeal neobladder (ECN...

Synchronous Robot-Assisted Pulmonary and Urologic Resections for Cancer.

Synchronous cancers should be first evaluated at high-volume referral oncological centers. Multidisciplinary evaluation, as the first step of multimod...

Dual Arm Co-Manipulation Architecture with Enhanced Human-Robot Communication for Large Part Manipulation.

The emergence of collaborative robotics has had a great impact on the development of robotic solutions for cooperative tasks nowadays carried out by h...

Trends in robotic surgery utilization across tertiary children's hospitals in the United States.

BACKGROUND: A growing number of tertiary children's hospitals are utilizing robotic surgical technology. We sought to characterize national trends in ...

Analysis of 17 fentanyls in plasma and blood by UPLC-MS/MS with interpretation of findings in surgical and postmortem casework.

The opioid crisis is linked to an increased misuse of fentanyl as well as fentanyl analogs that originate from the illicit drug market. Much of our cu...

Using Convolutional Neural Network with Cheat Sheet and Data Augmentation to Detect Breast Cancer in Mammograms.

The American Cancer Society expected to diagnose 276,480 new cases of invasive breast cancer in the USA and 48,530 new cases of noninvasive breast can...

A Multimodal Intention Detection Sensor Suite for Shared Autonomy of Upper-Limb Robotic Prostheses.

Neurorobotic augmentation (e.g., robotic assist) is now in regular use to support individuals suffering from impaired motor functions. A major unresol...

Conversion rate of laparoscopic or robotic to open sacrocolpopexy: are there associated factors and complications?

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the conversion rate of laparoscopic or robotic to open sacrocolpopexy and to identify associated factors in a large population...

Machine learning to predict the cancer-specific mortality of patients with primary non-metastatic invasive breast cancer.

PURPOSE: We used five machine-learning algorithms to predict cancer-specific mortality after surgical resection of primary non-metastatic invasive bre...

Prediction of obstetrical and fetal complications using automated electronic health record data.

An increasing number of delivering women experience major morbidity and mortality. Limited work has been done on automated predictive models that coul...

Robot-assisted extraperitoneal para-aortic lymphadenectomy (RAePAL) performed with the bipolar cutting method.

OBJECTIVE: In comparison with laparoscopic transperitoneal para-aortic lymphadenectomy, the advantages of laparoscopic extraperitoneal para-aortic lym...

Postoperative Blood Loss Including Hidden Blood Loss in Early and Late Surgery Using Percutaneous Pedicle Screws for Traumatic Thoracolumbar Fracture.

INTRODUCTION: Some reports revealed that hidden blood loss (HBL) during surgery for traumatic thoracolumbar fracture cannot be ignored, even when usin...

Clinical Efficacies of the Minimal Retroperitoneal Approach for Infectious Spondylodiscitis: A Clinical Case Series.

INTRODUCTION: An anterior surgical approach for severe infectious spondylodiscitis in the lumbar region is optimal but not always atraumatic. The aim ...

Mesh erosion after robotic ventral mesh rectopexy, a minimally invasive solution - a video vignette.

The Use of Artificial Neural Network to Predict Surgical Outcomes After Inguinal Hernia Repair.

BACKGROUND: Inguinal hernia repair is one of the most commonly performed surgical procedures. We developed and validated an artificial neural network ...

Surgical technique for mesorectal division during robot-assisted laparoscopic tumor-specific mesorectal excision (TSME) for rectal cancer using da Vinci Si surgical system: the simple switching technique (SST).

In a narrow pelvic cavity, performing sufficient tumor-specific mesorectal excision (TSME) is difficult. Even in robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery (...

Residents' Views on the Impact of Robotic Surgery on General Surgery Education.

OBJECTIVE: The use of the da Vinci Robot has been fast growing in general surgery in the United States over the past decade. While the financial cost ...

A comparison of the effects and usability of two exoskeletal robots with and without robotic actuation for upper extremity rehabilitation among patients with stroke: a single-blinded randomised controlled pilot study.

BACKGROUND: Robotic rehabilitation of stroke survivors with upper extremity dysfunction may yield different outcomes depending on the robot type. Cons...