JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
Feb 1, 2019
Feasibility and safety of performing remote surgery was first established by performing surgeries on pigs in later part of the 20th century. The first tele-robotic remote surgical system was set up in Canada in 2003 between two hospitals 400 kilometr...
The purpose of this study was to use natural language processing of physician documentation to predict mortality in patients admitted to the surgical intensive care unit (SICU). The Multiparameter Intelligent Monitoring in Intensive Care III database...
Many spine surgeons enlist the aid of an "access surgeon" to provide anterior exposure of the lumbosacral spine. We proposed that a single, community hospital general surgery practice can successfully develop an anterior spine exposure program with a...
Surgical site infection (SSI) is a common cause of morbidity in general and vascular surgery patients. There is inconsistent evidence on the association of glycemic status with SSI, and its utility in predicting and mitigating SSI. General and vascul...
Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine
Nov 14, 2016
OBJECTIVES: The following study proposes and tests an integrated methodology involving Health Technology Assessment (HTA) and Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) for the assessment of specific aspects related to robotic surgery in...
OBJECTIVE: Fundamental skills testing is now required for certification in general surgery. No model for assessing fundamental endovascular skills exists. Our objective was to develop a model that tests the fundamental endovascular skills and differe...
OBJECTIVE: To examine the feasibility and outcomes of video-based peer feedback through social networking to facilitate robotic surgical skill acquisition.
UNLABELLED: PHENOMENON: Virtual reality simulators are the subject of several recent studies of skills training for robot-assisted surgery. Yet no consensus exists regarding what a core skill set comprises or how to measure skill performance. Definin...
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