Surgery

Design, characterisation and evaluation of a soft robotic sock device on healthy subjects for assisted ankle rehabilitation.

Motor impairment is one of the common neurological conditions suffered by stroke patients, where this chronic immobility together with the absence of early limb mobilisation can lead to conditions such as joint contracture with spastic limbs. In this study, a soft robotic sock device was developed, which can provide compliant actuation to the ankle joint in the early stage of stroke recovery. The ...

Biomarker and shear stress in secondary pediatric pulmonary hypertension.

Background/aim: Endothelial dysfunction, tissue damage, inflammation, and microthrombosis are involved in the pathogenesis of pulmonary hypertension (PH), which may be present as a complication of congenital heart diseases. This study aims to identify how indicators of endothelial dysfunction (shear stress), tissue damage (brain natriuretic peptide and troponin T), inflammation (C-reactive protein...

Triple-stapled quadrilateral anastomosis: a new technique for creation of an esophagogastric anastomosis.

BACKGROUND: Esophagogastric anastomosis performed after esophagectomy is technically complex and often the source of postoperative complications. The ...

Aptamer facilitated purification of functional proteins.

DNA aptamers are attractive capture probes for affinity chromatography since, in contrast to antibodies, they can be chemically synthesized and, in co...

Rate and association of lower urinary tract infection with recurrence after transurethral resection of bladder tumor.

PURPOSE: To evaluate the rate of pyuria and bacteriuria after transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT).

The effect of intraoperative lung protective ventilation vs conventional ventilation, on postoperative pulmonary complications after cardiopulmonary bypass.

This study aimed to evaluate the effects of high positive-end expiratory pressure (PEEP) and low tidal volume (TV) and recruitment maneuver, on posto...

Validation of a definition of excessive postoperative bleeding in infants undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass.

OBJECTIVE: To derive and validate an objective definition of postoperative bleeding in neonates and infants undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulm...

Design, characterization and control of thermally-responsive and magnetically-actuated micro-grippers at the air-water interface.

The design and control of untethered microrobotic agents has drawn a lot of attention in recent years. This technology truly possesses the potential t...

Particle swarm optimization-based automatic parameter selection for deep neural networks and its applications in large-scale and high-dimensional data.

In this paper, we propose a new automatic hyperparameter selection approach for determining the optimal network configuration (network structure and h...

New, Immunomodulatory, Oral Nutrition Formula for Use Prior to Surgery in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer: An Exploratory Study.

BACKGROUND: The perioperative use of immunomodulatory nutrition formulas in patients with head and neck cancer reduces the number of postoperative inf...

Incidence and Predictors of Postoperative Need for High-Dose Inotropic Support in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery for Infective Endocarditis.

OBJECTIVE: Patients with infective endocarditis undergoing cardiac surgery are a high-risk population. Few data on incidence and predictors of need fo...

Kinematics optimization and static analysis of a modular continuum robot used for minimally invasive surgery.

For the outstanding compliance and dexterity of continuum robot, it is increasingly used in minimally invasive surgery. The wide workspace, high dexte...

Results of Posterior Vertebral Column Resection: Surgical Modification of Suk Technique.

STUDY DESIGN: Consecutive, retrospective review.

VEGF Overexpression Predicts Poor Survival in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate the clinicopathological and immunohistochemical (including VEGF, Akt, HSP70, and HSP20 expression)...

Bipolar transurethral enucleation and resection of the prostate: Whether it is ready to supersede TURP?

OBJECTIVE: According to the EAU Guidelines, transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) has so far still been considered as the gold standard for s...

Can a standardised Ventilation Mechanical Test for quantitative intraoperative air leak grading reduce the length of hospital stay after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy?

We standardised a Ventilation Mechanical Test (VMT) after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lobectomy that classifies intraoperative alveola...

Effectiveness of robot-assisted training added to conventional rehabilitation in patients with humeral fracture early after surgical treatment: protocol of a randomised, controlled, multicentre trial.

BACKGROUND: The incidence of proximal humeral fractures increases with age. The functional recovery of the upper arm after such fractures is slow, and...

From ships to robots: The social relations of sensing the world ocean.

The dominant practices of physical oceanography have recently shifted from being based on ship-based ocean sampling and sensing to being based on remo...

Performance metrics for guidance active constraints in surgical robotics.

Active constraint (AC)/virtual fixture (VF) is among the most popular approaches towards the shared execution of subtasks by the surgeon and robotic s...

Gait performance and foot pressure distribution during wearable robot-assisted gait in elderly adults.

BACKGROUND: A robotic exoskeleton device is an intelligent system designed to improve gait performance and quality of life for the wearer. Robotic tec...