Since its inception, endoscopy has evolved from a solely diagnostic procedure to an expanding therapeutic field within gastroenterology. The incorporation of robotics in gastroenterology initially addressed shortcomings of flexible endoscopes in natu...
Surgical interventions should ideally treat an existing disease curatively and achieve this with a low complication rate and minimal trauma. In this sense, laparoscopic cholecystectomy has become established as the recognized standard for the treatme...
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology
Dec 3, 2021
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To demonstrate stepwise techniques for the successful utilization of the Robotic-assisted transvaginal Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopy Surgery (NOTES) technique for safely surgically managing deeply infiltrated endometriosis (...
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology
Jun 15, 2021
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To describe the surgical techniques and short-term outcomes for 33 cases of robot-assisted transvaginal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (RvNOTES) to treat endometriosis.
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology
May 24, 2021
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the safety and feasibility of robot-assisted transvaginal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (R-vNOTES) hysterectomy when compared with traditional vNOTES (T-vNOTES) hysterectomy.
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology
Nov 2, 2020
STUDY OBJECTIVE: The Hominis surgical system is a novel robot-assisted system, designed specifically for robotic vaginal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (RvNOTES). We presented our experience of the first 30 RvNOTES hysterectomies ass...
BACKGROUND: This multicenter, retrospective review documents the initial experience using the Flex system for transoral surgery in 2 United States academic centers.
Branchial cleft anomalies are the second most common head and neck congenital lesions in children. It may sometimes be a part of branchio-oto-renal (BOR) syndrome, so in patients with branchial cleft anomalies associated with a complaint of auricular...
ORL; journal for oto-rhino-laryngology and its related specialties
Jun 20, 2018
The first application of robotic technology in surgery was described in 1985 when a robot was used to define the trajectory for a stereotactic brain biopsy. Following its successful application in a variety of surgical operations, the da Vinci® robot...
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