Surgery

Comparison of Renal Function between Robot-Assisted and Open Partial Nephrectomy as Determined by Tc 99m-DTPA Renal Scintigraphy.

We compared postoperative renal function impairment between patients undergoing robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN) and those undergoing open partial nephrectomy (OPN) by using Tc-99m diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA) renal scintigraphy. Patients who underwent partial nephrectomy by a single surgeon between 2007 and 2013 were eligible and were matched by propensity score, based on ag...

Laparoscopic versus robotic right colectomy: technique and outcomes.

Minimally invasive surgery has gained worldwide acceptance in the treatment of colonic cancer in the last decades, thanks to its well-known advantages in short-term outcomes. Nevertheless, the penetrance of minimally invasive colorectal surgery still remains low. Few studies and metanalysis, to date, have analyzed the results of robotic versus laparoscopic colorectal surgery, often with conflictin...

Automatic Multiple-Needle Surgical Planning of Robotic-Assisted Microwave Coagulation in Large Liver Tumor Therapy.

The "robotic-assisted liver tumor coagulation therapy" (RALTCT) system is a promising candidate for large liver tumor treatment in terms of accuracy a...

Robot Guided 'Pen Skill' Training in Children with Motor Difficulties.

Motor deficits are linked to a range of negative physical, social and academic consequences. Haptic robotic interventions, based on the principles of ...

Clinical and oncologic outcomes of totally robotic total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer: initial results in a center for minimally invasive surgery.

PURPOSE: A robotic system was mainly designed to allow precise dissection in deep and narrow spaces. We report the clinical and oncologic outcomes of ...

Vision-based Nano Robotic System for High-throughput Non-embedded Cell Cutting.

Cell cutting is a significant task in biology study, but the highly productive non-embedded cell cutting is still a big challenge for current techniqu...

Robotic versus laparoscopic low anterior resection for rectal cancer: a meta-analysis.

BACKGROUND: The objective of this meta-analysis was to compare the clinical and oncologic outcomes of robotic low anterior resection (R-LAR) with conv...

Robot-Assisted Radical Cystectomy with Total Intracorporeal Urinary Diversion: Comparative Analysis with Extracorporeal Urinary Diversion.

PURPOSE: To compare the perioperative outcomes, postoperative complications, and early oncologic outcomes of intracorporeal urinary diversion (ICUD) w...

Determination of the mechanical and physical properties of cartilage by coupling poroelastic-based finite element models of indentation with artificial neural networks.

One of the most widely used techniques to determine the mechanical properties of cartilage is based on indentation tests and interpretation of the obt...

Long-Term Efficacy of Laparoscopic or Robotic Adenomyomectomy with or without Medical Treatment for Severely Symptomatic Adenomyosis.

BACKGROUND/AIMS: To determine the long-term efficacy of laparoscopic or robotic adenomyomectomy with or without gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) ...

Preliminary Report on the Safety and Efficacy of Staged versus Complete Revascularization in Patients with Multivessel Disease at the Time of Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.

This study aims to determine the safety and efficacy of complete versus staged-percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of nonculprit lesions at the t...

The use of a robotic tibial rotation device and an electromagnetic tracking system to accurately reproduce the clinical dial test.

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to: (1) determine whether a robotic tibial rotation device and an electromagnetic tracking system could accurat...

An Integrated Method Based on PSO and EDA for the Max-Cut Problem.

The max-cut problem is NP-hard combinatorial optimization problem with many real world applications. In this paper, we propose an integrated method ba...

Adapting a Low-Cost Selective Compliant Articulated Robotic Arm for Spillage Avoidance.

Flexible automation systems provide the needed adaptability to serve shorter-term projects and specialty applications in biochemical analysis. A low-c...

Compensating Hand Function in Chronic Stroke Patients Through the Robotic Sixth Finger.

A novel solution to compensate hand grasping abilities is proposed for chronic stroke patients. The goal is to provide the patients with a wearable ro...

Intermediate-term cancer control outcomes in prostate cancer patients treated with robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: a multi-institutional analysis.

PURPOSE: Cancer control outcomes following robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) for prostate cancer (PCa) remain inadequately addressed over in...

An all-joint-control master device for single-port laparoscopic surgery robots.

PURPOSE: Robots for single-port laparoscopic surgery (SPLS) typically have all of their joints located inside abdomen during surgery, whereas with the...

Automatic tracking of laparoscopic instruments for autonomous control of a cameraman robot.

BACKGROUND: An automated instrument tracking procedure was designed and developed for autonomous control of a cameraman robot during laparoscopic surg...

Advances in Uniportal Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery: Pushing the Envelope.

Uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) represents a radical change in the approach to lung resection compared with conventional VATS. Becaus...

The voluntary driven exoskeleton Hybrid Assistive Limb (HAL) for postoperative training of thoracic ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament: a case report.

CONTEXT: The hybrid assistive limb (HAL) is a wearable robot suit that assists in voluntary control of knee and hip joint motion by detecting bioelect...