Surgery

Current applications of artificial intelligence for intraoperative decision support in surgery.

Research into medical artificial intelligence (AI) has made significant advances in recent years, including surgical applications. This scoping review investigated AI-based decision support systems targeted at the intraoperative phase of surgery and found a wide range of technological approaches applied across several surgical specialties. Within the twenty-one (n = 21) included papers, three main...

State-of-the-art of intelligent minimally invasive surgical robots.

A number of developed countries are rapidly turning into super-aged societies. Consequently, the demand for reduced surgical invasiveness and enhanced efficiency in the medical field has increased due to the need to reduce the physical burden on older patients and shorten their recovery period. Intelligent surgical robot systems offer high precision, high safety, and reduced invasiveness. This pap...

Evaluating the task effectiveness and user satisfaction with different operation modes of an assistive bathing robot in older adults.

Bathing robots have the potential to foster the independence of older adults who require assistance with bathing. Making human-robot interaction (HRI)...

Intraoperative complications and troubles in robot-assisted anatomical pulmonary resection.

OBJECTIVE: Regarding intraoperative complications and troubles during robot-assisted thoracic surgery, few data are available especially in Japan. Thi...

PyDSLRep: A domain-specific language for robotic simulation in V-Rep.

Calculating forward and inverse kinematics for robotic agents is one of the most time-intensive tasks when controlling the robot movement in any envir...

Automated histologic diagnosis of CNS tumors with machine learning.

The discovery of a new mass involving the brain or spine typically prompts referral to a neurosurgeon to consider biopsy or surgical resection. Intrao...

Stray energy transfer in single-incision robotic surgery.

INTRODUCTION: Stray energy transfer from surgical monopolar radiofrequency energy instruments can cause unintended thermal injuries during laparoscopi...

Robot-assisted combined pancreatectomy/hepatectomy for metastatic pancreatic acinar cell carcinoma: case report and review of the literature.

Acinar cell carcinoma (ACC) of the pancreas is a rare neoplasm with less aggressive behavior than ductal carcinoma. As a result, surgical resection fo...

F-FDG PET-guided diffusion tractography reveals white matter abnormalities around the epileptic focus in medically refractory epilepsy: implications for epilepsy surgical evaluation.

BACKGROUND: Hybrid PET/MRI can non-invasively improve localization and delineation of the epileptic focus (EF) prior to surgical resection in medicall...

Object extraction via deep learning-based marker-free tracking framework of surgical instruments for laparoscope-holder robots.

PURPOSE: The surgical instrument tracking framework, especially the marker-free surgical instrument tracking framework, is the key to visual servoing ...

Prediction of Total Knee Replacement and Diagnosis of Osteoarthritis by Using Deep Learning on Knee Radiographs: Data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative.

Background The methods for assessing knee osteoarthritis (OA) do not provide enough comprehensive information to make robust and accurate outcome pred...

On-clamp versus purely off-clamp robot-assisted partial nephrectomy in solitary kidneys: comparison of perioperative outcomes and chronic kidney disease progression at two high-volume centers.

BACKGROUND: Minimal literature describes the impact of hilar control on the progression to chronic kidney disease (pCKD) after robotic partial nephrec...

Analyzing National Incidences and Predictors of Open Conversion During Minimally Invasive Partial Nephrectomy for cT1 Renal Masses.

To analyze predictors of open conversion during minimally invasive partial nephrectomy (MIPN) for cT1 renal masses. The National Cancer Database (NC...

Perioperative outcomes of robot-assisted vs video-assisted and traditional open thoracic surgery for lung cancer: A systematic review and network meta-analysis.

BACKGROUND: The superiority of robot-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS) over video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) and thoracotomy remains controversia...

Robotic intersphincteric resection with total mesorectal excision and coloanal anastomosis - a video vignette.

Robot-assisted laparoscopic diverticulectomy with ureteral reimplantation.

OBJECTIVE: The objective is to describe our experience with robot-assisted laparoscopic diverticulectomy with extravesical ureteral reimplantation in ...

Re: Long-Term Oncological Outcomes from an Early Phase Randomised Controlled Three-Arm Trial of Open, Robotic, and Laparoscopic Radical Cystectomy (CORAL).

An Artificial Neural Network Assisted Dynamic Light Scattering Procedure for Assessing Living Cells Size in Suspension.

Dynamic light scattering (DLS) is an essential technique used for assessing the size of the particles in suspension, covering the range from nanometer...

An objective approach to evaluate novice robotic surgeons using a combination of kinematics and stepwise cumulative sum (CUSUM) analyses.

BACKGROUND: Current evaluation methods for robotic-assisted surgery (ARCS or GEARS) are limited to 5-point Likert scales which are inherently time-con...

Evaluation of the ACS NSQIP surgical risk calculator in patients undergoing pelvic organ prolapse surgery.

INTRODUCTION AND HYPOTHESIS: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of the American College of Surgeons National Surgery Quality Impro...