Surgery

Predicting Thermodynamic Properties of Alkanes by High-Throughput Force Field Simulation and Machine Learning.

Knowledge of the thermodynamic properties of molecules is essential for chemical process design and the development of new materials. Experimental measurements are often expensive and not environmentally friendly. In the past, studies using molecular simulations have focused on a specific class of molecules, owing to the lack of a consistent force field and simulation protocol. To solve this probl...

Evaluation of a pneumatic surgical robot with dynamic force feedback.

Robot-assisted surgery is limited by the lack of haptic feedback and increased operating times. Force scaling adjusts feedback transmitted to the operator through the use of scaling factors. Herein, we investigate how force scaling affects forces exerted in robotic surgery during simple and complex tasks, using a pneumatic surgical robot, IBIS VI. Secondary objectives were to test the effects of f...

ASO Author Reflections: Novel Robotic Training Curriculum Used in Complex Surgical Oncology.

Second branchial cleft anomalies in children: a literature review.

Branchial cleft anomalies are the second most common head and neck congenital lesions in children. It may sometimes be a part of branchio-oto-renal (B...

Do powered over-ground lower limb robotic exoskeletons affect outcomes in the rehabilitation of people with acquired brain injury?

To assess the effects of lower limb robotic exoskeletons on outcomes in the rehabilitation of people with acquired brain injury. A systematic review ...

Robotic-assisted vs. open radical prostatectomy: A machine learning framework for intelligent analysis of patient-reported outcomes from online cancer support groups.

BACKGROUND: The advantages of Robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RARP) over open radical prostatectomy (ORP) in Prostate cancer perioperativel...

A Study of the Role of 180W XPS Lithium Triborate Laser in the Treatment of Patients With Lower Urinary Tracts Symptoms Due to Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia.

Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is a disease of the prostate commonly seen in elderly males known to cause lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) tha...

A Scene Recognition and Semantic Analysis Approach to Unhealthy Sitting Posture Detection during Screen-Reading.

Behavior analysis through posture recognition is an essential research in robotic systems. Sitting with unhealthy sitting posture for a long time seri...

A robotic system to prepare IV solutions.

Drugs need to be used regularly and correctly in order to be effective. When medicines are used correctly, negativities that threaten human health and...

Improving the Accuracy of Scores to Predict Gastrostomy after Intracerebral Hemorrhage with Machine Learning.

BACKGROUND: Gastrostomy placement after intracerebral hemorrhage indicates the need for continued medical care and predicts patient dependence. Our ob...

Light-Driven Micro/Nanomotor for Promising Biomedical Tools: Principle, Challenge, and Prospect.

A micro/nanomotor (MNM), as miniaturized machinery, can potentially bridge the application gap between the traditional macroscale motor and the molecu...

Microanalysis of video from a robotic surgical procedure: implications for observational learning in the robotic environment.

Without haptic feedback, robotic surgeons rely on visual processing to interpret the operative field. To provide guidance for teaching in this environ...

Decision Support System for Seizure Onset Zone Localization Based on Channel Ranking and High-Frequency EEG Activity.

Interictal high-frequency oscillations (HFO) are a promising biomarker that can help define the seizure onset zone (SOZ) and predict the surgical outc...

Evaluation of analgesic efficacy of dexmedetomidine as adjuvant with ropivacaine in ultrasound-guided adductor canal block in patients following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction surgeries.

INTRODUCTION: Local anaesthetic (LA) with highly selective alpha-2 agonist dexmedetomidine has not been evaluated in adductor canal block (ACB) for ar...

Segmenting the Brain Surface From CT Images With Artifacts Using Locally Oriented Appearance and Dictionary Learning.

The accurate segmentation of the brain surface in post-surgical computed tomography (CT) images is critical for image-guided neurosurgical procedures ...

A Study of Diagnostic Accuracy Using a Chemical Sensor Array and a Machine Learning Technique to Detect Lung Cancer.

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death around the world, and lung cancer screening remains challenging. This study aimed to develop a breath...

Incidence of Remote Cerebellar Hemorrhage in Patients with a Dural Tear during Spinal Surgery: A Retrospective Observational Analysis.

INTRODUCTION: The incidence of remote cerebellar hemorrhage (RCH) in patients with a dural tear during spinal surgery is unclear. The purpose of this ...

Comparison of response surface methodology and artificial neural network to optimize novel ophthalmic flexible nano-liposomes: Characterization, evaluation, in vivo pharmacokinetics and molecular dynamics simulation.

To improve the topical delivery of pilocarpine hydrochloride (PN) to treat glaucoma, flexible nano-liposomes containing PN (PN-FLs) were prepared, opt...

Minimally invasive donor nephrectomy: current state of the art.

BACKGROUND: The concept of a minimally invasive live donor nephrectomy developed over 20 years ago. Surgeons gained expertise with the laparoscopic te...

Robotic microplate voltammetry for real-time hydrogel drug release testing.

Robotic square wave voltammetry (SVW) in 24-well microtiter plates has been developed as a reliable non-manual procedure for quantifying drug release ...