Surgery

Transversus abdominis plane block in robotic gynecologic oncology: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial.

OBJECTIVE: Although robotic surgery decreases pain compared to laparotomy, postoperative pain can be a concern near the site of a larger assistant trocar site. The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy of transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block on 24-hour postoperative opiate use after robotic surgery for gynecologic cancer.

Laparoscopic nephrectomy and partial nephrectomy: intraperitoneal, retroperitoneal, single site.

The indication for use of laparoscopy, in the pediatric population, was initially for diagnostic purposes. As confidence with the technology and utility grew, it began to be applied for therapeutic indications. With equivalent surgical outcomes and decreased morbidity, the usefulness of a laparoscopic approach became more apparent, and today minimally invasive surgery is an indispensable tool in t...

Minimally invasive pediatric urologic surgery.

Comparing robotic surgery with laparoscopy and laparotomy for endometrial cancer management: a cohort study.

INTRODUCTION: Robotic surgery has been applied in managing various types of gynecologic cancers. The purpose of this study is to compare the surgical ...

The influence of the medial meniscus in different conditions on anterior tibial translation in the anterior cruciate deficient knee.

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was the evaluation of knee laxity in the ACL-deficient knee with combined meniscal tear, meniscal suture and partia...

Incidental ureteral injury and repair during robotic-assisted total laparoscopic hysterectomy.

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To show a surgical educational video in which an incidental ureteral injury was recognized intraoperatively and was repaired during r...

Permutation entropy analysis of vital signs data for outcome prediction of patients with severe traumatic brain injury.

Permutation entropy is computationally efficient, robust to outliers, and effective to measure complexity of time series. We used this technique to qu...

Towards cybernetic surgery: robotic and augmented reality-assisted liver segmentectomy.

BACKGROUND: Augmented reality (AR) in surgery consists in the fusion of synthetic computer-generated images (3D virtual model) obtained from medical i...

Transoral robotic surgery in benign diseases including obstructive sleep apnea: Safety and feasibility.

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS: To evaluate the safety and feasibility of the da Vinci Surgical System in transoral robotic-assisted surgery for benign indicat...

European Association of Endoscopic Surgeons (EAES) consensus statement on the use of robotics in general surgery.

Following an extensive literature search and a consensus conference with subject matter experts the following conclusions can be drawn: 1. Robotic sur...

Face, content, and construct validity of four, inanimate training exercises using the da Vinci ® Si surgical system configured with Single-Site ™ instrumentation.

BACKGROUND: Validated training exercises are essential tools for surgeons as they develop technical skills to use robot-assisted minimally invasive su...

Comparison of Surgical Outcomes of Robot-Assisted and Laparoscopy-Assisted Pylorus-Preserving Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer: A Propensity Score Matching Analysis.

BACKGROUND: The three-dimensional view and articulating devices in robot system might have a benefit performing the delicate procedure of pylorus-pres...

Control of robotic assistance using poststroke residual voluntary effort.

Poststroke hemiparesis limits the ability to reach, in part due to involuntary muscle co-activation (synergies). Robotic approaches are being develope...

Minimally invasive surgery for endometrial cancer: a comprehensive review.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The objective of this article is to review the recently published literature on the use of minimally invasive surgical approaches f...

Popliteal Sciatic Nerve Block in a Pregnant Patient in the Last Trimester.

Although regional anaesthesia is a commonly preferred anaesthesia technique for pregnant patients undergoing non-obstetric surgery, peripheral nerve b...

Postoperative pancreatic fistula after robot distal gastrectomy.

BACKGROUND: To compare the incidences of postoperative pancreatic fistula (POPF) between robot-assisted distal gastrectomy (RADG) and laparoscopy-assi...

Learning curves for robot-assisted and laparoscopic partial nephrectomy.

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the learning curve of robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN) and laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (LPN) between two surgeon...

Robotic versus laparoscopic intersphincteric resection for low rectal cancer: comparison of the operative, oncological, and functional outcomes.

BACKGROUND: Robotic surgery was developed to overcome the limitations of laparoscopic surgery and is increasingly used to treat low rectal cancer. In ...

Learning Stable Multilevel Dictionaries for Sparse Representations.

Sparse representations using learned dictionaries are being increasingly used with success in several data processing and machine learning application...

Utilization and outcome of laparoscopic versus robotic general and bariatric surgical procedures at Academic Medical Centers.

BACKGROUND: Robotic-assisted general and bariatric surgery is gaining popularity among surgeons. The aim of this study was to analyze the utilization ...