Surgery

Metabolic cost of level-ground walking with a robotic transtibial prosthesis combining push-off power and nonlinear damping behaviors: preliminary results.

Recent advances in robotic technology are facilitating the development of robotic prostheses. Our pr...

Towards synergistic control of hands-on needle insertion with automated needle steering for MRI-guided prostate interventions.

A significant hurdle of accurate needle tip placement in percutaneous needle-based prostate interven...

Robot-assisted microsurgical forceps with haptic feedback for transoral laser microsurgery.

In this paper, a novel, motorized, multi-degrees-of-freedom (DoF), microsurgical forceps tool is pre...

Non-invasive optical imaging techniques for burn-injured tissue detection for debridement surgery.

Burn debridement is a challenging technique that requires significant skill to identify regions requ...

Deep neural network architectures for forecasting analgesic response.

Response to prescribed analgesic drugs varies between individuals, and choosing the right drug/dose ...

Robot-like dexterity without computers and motors: a review of hand-held laparoscopic instruments with wrist-like tip articulation.

INTRODUCTION: Conventional manual laparoscopic instruments for minimally invasive surgery have limit...

Robotic Lung Resection for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.

Robotic-assisted pulmonary lobectomy can be considered for patients able to tolerate conventional lo...

Successful Robotic Excision and Early Chemotherapy for Primary Cardiac Lymphoma.

We present a 67-year-old patient who underwent robotic excision of a mobile left ventricular mass fo...

Robotic-assisted laparoscopic hysterectomy for women with endometrial cancer - complications, women´s experiences, quality of life and a health economic evaluation.

This thesis contains four studies all focusing on women with endometrial cancer undergoing robotic-a...

Current status of laparoscopic and robotic ventral mesh rectopexy for external and internal rectal prolapse.

External and internal rectal prolapse with their affiliated rectocele and enterocele, are associated...

Robotic Follicular Unit Graft Selection.

BACKGROUND: The use of robotic technology to harvest grafts in a follicular unit extraction (FUE) ha...

Robotic Excision of a Papillary Fibroelastoma of the Mitral Chordae.

Papillary fibroelastomas of the mitral chordae tendineae are rare, primary benign tumors. They are e...

Acquisition and extinction of operant pain-related avoidance behavior using a 3 degrees-of-freedom robotic arm.

Ample empirical evidence endorses the role of associative learning in pain-related fear acquisition....

Big Data and Machine Learning in Plastic Surgery: A New Frontier in Surgical Innovation.

Medical decision-making is increasingly based on quantifiable data. From the moment patients come in...

Robotic-Assisted Surgery Improves the Quality of Total Mesorectal Excision for Rectal Cancer Compared to Laparoscopy: Results of a Case-Controlled Analysis.

BACKGROUND: The use of a robotic surgical system is claimed to allow precise traction and counter-tr...

Limited Evidence for Robot-assisted Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

PURPOSE: To evaluate available evidence on robot-assisted surgery compared with open and laparoscopi...

Single joint robotic orthoses for gait rehabilitation: An educational technical review.

Robot-assisted physical gait therapy is gaining recognition among the rehabilitation engineering com...

Prevention and Management of Complications During Robotic-assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy Following Comprehensive Planning: A Large Series Involving a Single Surgeon.

AIM: To report a series of 1,000 patients treated by a single surgeon using robotic-assisted laparos...

Takotsubo stress-induced cardiomyopathy following robotic radical cystectomy.

Cardiac complications following surgery can be devastating especially if it is unrecognized. We pres...

Robotic assisted laparoscopic repair of a symptomatic ureterosciatic hernia.

Ureterosciatic hernias (USH) are a rare entity and to date there have been limited case reports deta...

Robot-assisted Minimally Invasive Distal Pancreatectomy Is Superior to the Laparoscopic Technique.