INTRODUCTION: Robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery has emerged as an alternative to traditional laparoscopy and may offer some clinical benefits when performing complex hiatal hernia repairs. Many institutions may choose to not invest in robotic sur...
BACKGROUND: Ureteral injury and vaginal fistula are common complications after surgical treatment and radiotherapy of gynecological tumor. Ureteral injury in duplex system is more challenging and rarely reported. OBJECTIVE: We report our surgical tec...
BACKGROUND: Minimally invasive techniques for pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) are increasing in practice, however, data remains limited regarding perioperative outcomes. Our study sought to compare patients undergoing open pancreaticoduodenectomy (OPD) ...
INTRODUCTION: Nowadays, most rectal tumours are treated open or minimally invasive, using laparoscopic, robot-assisted or transanal total mesorectal excision. However, insight into the total costs of these techniques is limited. Since all three techn...
During laparoscopic surgery, surgical gauze is usually inserted into the body cavity to help achieve hemostasis. Retention of surgical gauze in the body cavity may necessitate reoperation and increase surgical risk. Using deep learning technology, th...
The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS
Aug 16, 2022
BACKGROUND: We present an artificial intelligence framework for vascularity classification of the gallbladder (GB) wall from intraoperative images of laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC).
The development of valid, reliable, and objective methods of skills assessment is central to modern surgical training. Numerous rating scales have been developed and validated for quantifying surgical performance. However, many of these scoring syste...