Surgery

A Holistically-Nested U-Net: Surgical Instrument Segmentation Based on Convolutional Neural Network.

Surgical instrument segmentation is an essential task in the domain of computer-assisted surgical sy...

Discriminating malignant and benign clinical T1 renal masses on computed tomography: A pragmatic radiomics and machine learning approach.

The aim of this study was to discriminate malignant and benign clinical T1 renal masses on routinely...

[Efficacy of Neoadjuvant Endocrine Therapy for Prostate Ductal Carcinoma with Large Multiple Cysts Prior to Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy].

A 71-year-old man with gross hematuria and urinary retention showed a 7×8 cm polycystic mass compres...

An untethered isoperimetric soft robot.

For robots to be useful for real-world applications, they must be safe around humans, be adaptable t...

[Robot-assisted operations in visceral surgery].

BACKGROUND: Although only a low percentage of abdominal surgical interventions are performed using a...

Artificial Intelligence in Anesthesiology: Current Techniques, Clinical Applications, and Limitations.

Artificial intelligence has been advancing in fields including anesthesiology. This scoping review o...

Evaluation of Rectal Cancer Circumferential Resection Margin Using Faster Region-Based Convolutional Neural Network in High-Resolution Magnetic Resonance Images.

BACKGROUND: High-resolution MRI is regarded as the best method to evaluate whether there is an invol...

Deep learning for prediction of colorectal cancer outcome: a discovery and validation study.

BACKGROUND: Improved markers of prognosis are needed to stratify patients with early-stage colorecta...

[Short-term effectiveness comparison between robotic-guided percutaneous minimally invasive pedicle screw internal fixation and traditional open internal fixation in treatment of thoracolumbar fractures].

OBJECTIVE: To compare short-term effectiveness between robot-guided percutaneous minimally invasive ...

Can machine learning optimize the efficiency of the operating room in the era of COVID-19?

The cancellation of large numbers of surgical procedures because of the coronavirus disease 2019 (CO...

Efficacy of an Automated Robotic Cleaning Device for Compounding Pharmacies.

Compounded medicinal products should be prepared using an appropriate quality-assurance system. Clea...

Commentary: Robotic Techniques in Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery (Innovations, May/June 2020).

This is a response to the papers in the May/June issue of focused on robotic techniques in cardiac ...

Laparoscopic versus Robotic Peripheral Pancreatectomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

PURPOSE: The current systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to compare Laparoscopic Distal Pancre...

Robotic treatment of the upper limb in chronic stroke and cerebral neuroplasticity: a systematic review.

Stroke is the second cause of mortality and the third cause of long-term disability worldwide. Defic...

Hand motion analysis during robot-aided rehabilitation in chronic stroke.

A high percentage of post-stroke patients reports spasticity and no functional use of the upper limb...

Editorial Comment: Does the Use of a Robot Decrease the Complication Rate Adherent to Radical Cystectomy? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Studies Comparing Open with Robotic Counterparts.

Single Center Experience with Robot Technologies for Sterile Compounding: A Retrospective Review.

The compounding of sterile medication admixtures is a labor-intensive process and subject to potenti...

Robotics in Pediatric Urology.

Robotic surgery has been slow to be fully accepted in the world of pediatric urology largely because...

Effect of pelvimetric diameters on success of surgery in patients submitted to robot-assisted perineal radical prostatectomy.

OBJECTIVE: Minimally invasive techniques are used increasingly by virtue of advancements in technolo...

Editorial Comment: Does YouTube include high-quality resources for training on laparoscopic and robotic radical prostatectomy?

Facial Recognition Neural Networks Confirm Success of Facial Feminization Surgery.

BACKGROUND: Male-to-female transgender patients desire to be identified, and treated, as female, in ...