Urology

[Robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy].

BACKGROUND: Robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP) has been rapidly adopted as a standard approach for surgical treatment of organ-confined prostate cancer. Despite additional costs, RALP seems to provide better functional and oncological outcomes and less blood loss compared to open radical prostatectomy (ORP). However, prospective randomized studies are still missing.

Flexible endoscopic robot.

Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) is a novel surgical procedure during which abdominal operations can be performed with an endoscope passed through a natural orifice through an internal incision in the stomach, vagina, bladder or colon. NOTES is still evolving and many barriers stand on its way before it can gain acceptance in modern surgical practice. Effective access to the...

An assessment of the physical impact of complex surgical tasks on surgeon errors and discomfort: a comparison between robot-assisted, laparoscopic and open approaches.

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate, in a simulated suturing task, individual surgeons’ performance using three surgical approaches: open, laparoscopic and robot-...

Re: is robot-assisted radical prostatectomy safe in men with high-risk prostate cancer? Assessment of perioperative outcomes, positive surgical margins, and use of additional cancer treatments.

Extended lymph node dissection for intermediate and high-risk prostate cancer: do we have all the evidence?

Untethered magnetic millirobot for targeted drug delivery.

This paper reports the design and development of a novel millimeter-sized robotic system for targeted therapy. The proposed medical robot is conceived...

[LAPAROSCOPIC AND OPEN RADICAL CYSTECTOMY FOR BLADDER CANCER].

Radical cystectomy is the standard method for treatment of muscle-invasive and locally advanced bladder cancer. Several less invasive approaches have ...

Thermal Signal Analysis for Breast Cancer Risk Verification.

Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in the world. Currently, there are no effective methods to prevent this disease. However, early diagnos...

A novel random forests-based feature selection method for microarray expression data analysis.

High-dimensional data and a large number of redundancy features in bioinformatics research have created an urgent need for feature selection. In this ...

[NEW METHOD OF PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY WITH SELECTIVE PARENCHYMA CLAMPING].

The authors suggested a new method of performance of open, laparoscopic and robot-assisted partial nephrectomy using specially developed instruments f...

Neural network based forward prediction of bladder pressure using pudendal nerve electrical activity.

Individuals with spinal cord injury or neurological disorders have problems in urinary bladder storage and in voiding function. In these people, the d...

Robust automatic breast cancer staging using a combination of functional genomics and image-omics.

Breast cancer is one of the leading cancers worldwide. Precision medicine is a new trend that systematically examines molecular and functional genomic...

The da Vinci robotic system in head and neck surgery.

Intuitive Surgical Inc. (Sunnyvale, Ca, USA) extended the use of the da Vinci robot to head and neck surgery in 2005 following the previous use in uro...

Sodium thiosulfate for the treatment of warfarin-induced calciphylaxis in a nondialysis patient.

Calciphylaxis or uremic arteriolopathy is a complex process typically seen in patients with end-stage renal disease, but has also been reported in pat...

The role of the digital rectal examination as diagnostic test for prostate cancer detection in obese patients.

PURPOSE: Digital rectal examination (DRE) is a routine part of prostate cancer Purpose: Digital rectal examination (DRE) is a routine part of prostate...

[Analysis of the Effectiveness of Renoprotection of Low-Protein Diet and Ketoanalogues of Amino Acids In Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease].

AIM: Analysis of the effectiveness of renoprotection in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), who is observed by general practitioners for up to...