Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
Feb 18, 2020
BACKGROUND: Robot-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy (RAMIE) with intrathoracic anastomosis is gaining popularity as a treatment for esophageal cancer. The aim of this study was to describe postoperative complications and short-term oncologic ...
International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery
Jan 19, 2020
PURPOSE: Compact master manipulators have inherent advantages, since they can have practical deployment within the general surgical environments easily and bring benefits to surgical training. To assess the advantages of compact master manipulators f...
Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome is commonly treated with minimally invasive laser surgery in fetoscopy. The inter-foetal membrane is used as a reference to find abnormal anastomoses. Membrane identification is a challenging task due to small field ...
International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery
Nov 25, 2019
PURPOSE: Flexible needle insertion is an important minimally invasive surgery approach for biopsy and radio-frequency ablation. This approach can minimize intraoperative trauma and improve postoperative recovery. We propose a new path planning framew...
Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia
Nov 14, 2019
Coronary artery bypass grafting represents one of the most commonly performed cardiac surgeries worldwide. Recently, interest has increased in providing patients with a less invasive approach to cardiac surgery, such as thoracotomy and endoscopic tec...
International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery
Oct 23, 2019
PURPOSE: In minimally invasive surgery and endoscopy, the rise of soft robotics, using materials of similar softness as biological soft tissues, opens many new opportunities. Soft actuated catheters could become an alternative to current steerable ca...
Revista do Colegio Brasileiro de Cirurgioes
Sep 30, 2019
OBJECTIVE: to report our initial experience with pulmonary robotic segmentectomy, describing the surgical technique, the preferred positioning of portals, initial results and outcomes.
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part H, Journal of engineering in medicine
Jun 18, 2019
A miniature resonant tactile sensor for tissue stiffness detection in robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery is proposed in this article. The proposed tactile sensor can detect tissue stiffness based on the principle of the resonant frequency shif...
OBJECTIVE: Minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) has demonstrated superior outcomes compared to open approaches. The myriad of techniques has precluded the recommendation of a standard approach. The addition of robotics to esophageal resection has p...
The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS
Jun 9, 2019
BACKGROUND: Soft materials, with their compliant properties, enable conformity and safe interaction with human body. With the advance in actuation and sensing of soft materials, new paradigm in robotics called "soft robotics" emerges. Soft robotics h...