The Surgical clinics of North America
May 10, 2023
Inguinal hernias are one of the most common surgical pathologies faced by the general surgeon in modern medicine. The cumulative incidence of an inguinal hernia is around 25% in men and 3% in women. The majority of inguinal hernias can be repaired mi...
Robotic abdominal wall reconstruction is becoming an accepted technique to approach complex hernias in a minimally invasive fashion. There remain a deficit of high-quality data to suggest significant clinical benefit but current randomized trials are...
Standardized and thorough model reporting is an integral component in the development and deployment of machine learning models in health care. Model reporting includes sharing multiple model performance metrics and incorporating metadata to provide ...
Surgical repair of primary umbilical and epigastric hernias are among the most common abdominal operations in the world. The hernia defects range from small (<1 cm) to large and complex even in the absence of prior incision or repair. Mesh has genera...
Risk calculators are an underused tool for surgeons and trainees when determining and communicating surgical risk. We summarize some of the more common risk calculators and discuss their evolution and limitations. We also describe artificial intellig...
The Surgical clinics of North America
May 27, 2019
Adrenalectomy can be performed open, endoscopically or robotically, utilizing a transabdominal or retroperitoneal approach. This chapter describes the relevant anatomy, various approaches and surgical techniques, pre-operative work-up and optimizatio...
Applications for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning in surgery include image interpretation, data summarization, automated narrative construction, trajectory and risk prediction, and operative navigation and robotics. The pace of devel...
Machine learning, a subtype of artificial intelligence, is an emerging field of surgical research dedicated to predictive modeling. From its inception, machine learning has been of interest in medical and surgical research. Built on traditional resea...