Surgery

Use of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Algorithms with Gene Expression Profiling to Predict Recurrent Nonmuscle Invasive Urothelial Carcinoma of the Bladder.

PURPOSE: Due to the high recurrence risk of nonmuscle invasive urothelial carcinoma it is crucial to distinguish patients at high risk from those with indolent disease. In this study we used a machine learning algorithm to identify the genes in patients with nonmuscle invasive urothelial carcinoma at initial presentation that were most predictive of recurrence. We used the genes in a molecular sig...

First Robotic-Assisted Dual Kidney Transplant: Surgical Technique and Report of a Case With 24-month Follow-up.

BACKGROUND: Open surgery is the gold standard procedure for kidney transplantation. There is a strong rationale for using minimally invasive surgery in patients with end-stage renal disease. A robotic-assisted dual kidney transplant was performed for the first time at our institution.

Scintigraphic Small Intestinal Transit Time and Defaecography in Patients with J-Pouch.

Objective methods for examination of pouch function are warranted for a better understanding of the functional result and treatment of dysfunction. Th...

Reply to Véronique Phé, Morgan Rouprêt, and Emmanuel Chartier-Kastler's Letter to the Editor re: Xavier Biardeau, Jérôme Rizk, François Marcelli, Vincent Flamand. Robot-assisted Laparoscopic Approach for Artificial Urinary Sphincter Implantation in 11 Women with Urinary Stress Incontinence: Surgical Technique and Initial Experience. Eur Urol 2015;67:937-42.

Re: Xavier Biardeau, Jérôme Rizk, François Marcelli, Vincent Flamand. Robot-assisted Laparoscopic Approach for Artificial Urinary Sphincter Implantation in 11 Women with Urinary Stress Incontinence: Surgical Technique and Initial Experience. Eur Urol 2015;67:937-42.

Perioperative pulmonary complications in obese patients undergoing robotic procedures for gynecological cancers.

Surgical robotics beyond enhanced dexterity instrumentation: a survey of machine learning techniques and their role in intelligent and autonomous surgical actions.

PURPOSE: Advances in technology and computing play an increasingly important role in the evolution of modern surgical techniques and paradigms. This a...

Hybrid RGSA and Support Vector Machine Framework for Three-Dimensional Magnetic Resonance Brain Tumor Classification.

A novel hybrid approach for the identification of brain regions using magnetic resonance images accountable for brain tumor is presented in this paper...

Minilaparoendoscopic Single-site Pyeloplasty: The Best Compromise Between Surgeon's Ergonomy and Patient's Cosmesis (IDEAL Phase 2a).

BACKGROUND: Laparoendoscopic single-site (LESS) surgery and minilaparoscopy (ML) represent the evolution of laparoscopy for the treatment of urologic ...

Evaluation of positive surgical margins in patients undergoing robot-assisted and open radical prostatectomy according to preoperative risk groups.

OBJECTIVES: Recent studies showed that robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) represents an oncologically safe procedure in patients with prostat...

The Effects of Fluidic Loading on Underwater Contact Sensing with Robotic Fins and Beams.

As robots become more involved in underwater operations, understanding underwater contact sensing with compliant systems is fundamental to engineering...

Rapid regression of cystoid macular edema associated with cytomegalovirus retinitis in adult acute myeloid leukemia by intravitreal methotrexate combined with oral valganciclovir: A case report with comparison of binocular outcome.

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis is a late complication of organ and hematopoietic stem cell transplant, the risk of which depends on the degree of imm...

Robustness and Reliability of Synergy-Based Myocontrol of a Multiple Degree of Freedom Robotic Arm.

In this study, we test the feasibility of the synergy- based approach for application in the realistic and clinically oriented framework of multi-degr...

Comparison of Perioperative Blood Loss in Primary Non-cemented Total Hip Arthroplasty for Rapidly Destructive Coxarthrosis and Osteonecrosis of the Femoral Head.

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to compare the perioperative blood loss in primary non-cemented total hip arthroplasty (THA) performed for rapid...

Robotically Assisted Single Anastomosis Duodenoileal Bypass after Previous Sleeve Gastrectomy Implementing High Valuable Technology for Complex Procedures.

Staged bariatric procedures in high risk patients are a common used strategy for morbid obese patients nowadays. After previous sleeve gastrectomy, su...

Beating Heart Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery in Patients With Patent Coronary Bypass Grafts.

BACKGROUND: Redo mitral valve surgery in patients with patent coronary bypass grafts carries a risk of graft injury and postoperative bleeding. We com...

Radical Vaginal Trachelectomy with Laparoscopic Pelvic Lymphadenectomy for Fertility Preservation in Young Women with Early-Stage Cervical Cancer.

The primary objective of this study was to describe our experience with the conservative treatment of early-stage cervical cancer (stages IA1, IA2, an...

Robotic surgery in children: adopt now, await, or dismiss?

The role of robot-assisted surgery in children remains controversial. This article aims to distil this debate into an evidence informed decision-makin...

Behavior modulation of rats to a robotic rat in multi-rat interaction.

In this paper, we study the behavioral response of rats to a robotic rat during multi-rat interaction. Experiments are conducted in an open-field wher...

Towards soft robotic devices for site-specific drug delivery.

Considerable research efforts have recently been dedicated to the establishment of various drug delivery systems (DDS) that are mechanical/physical, c...