Laparoscopic resection of liver tumors located in the posterosuperior segments is a challenging operation that could be facilitated by robotic assistance. Laparoscopic resection of 12 tumors located in posterosuperior segments (IVa: 1; VII: 5; VIII: ...
Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry
Jun 15, 2015
BACKGROUND: Familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is the most common monogenic cause of premature atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, most individuals with FH remain undiagnosed. We sought to determine if an expert system (ES) at a c...
BACKGROUND: Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic region is an established therapy for advanced Parkinson's disease (PD). However, patients often require time-intensive post-operative management to balance their coupled stimulation and medi...
CONCLUSION: The addition of transoral robotic surgery (TORS) in the diagnostic management of patients classified with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma of unknown primary (SCCUP) is promising and appears to improve detection rates of the primary ...
BACKGROUND: Hysterectomy is one of the most common procedures performed in the United States. New techniques utilizing laparoscopic and robotic technology are becoming increasingly common. It is unknown if these minimally invasive surgical techniques...
OBJECT: Frame-based stereotactic interventions are considered the gold standard for brain biopsies, but they have limitations with regard to flexibility and patient comfort because of the bulky head ring attached to the patient. Frameless image guida...
Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery
Jun 11, 2015
BACKGROUND: Preoperative type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2 DM) has previously been reported as an independent predictor for suboptimal (≤40%) weight loss after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in patients with T2 DM compared with patients who do not have T2 DM. T...
The objective of this study is to evaluate machine learning algorithms aimed at predicting surgical treatment outcomes in groups of patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) using only the structural brain connectome. Specifically, the brain connect...
The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology
Jun 2, 2015
BACKGROUND/AIMS: We aimed to assess the effect of azathioprine on mucosal healing in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). Artificial neural networks were applied to IBD data for predicting mucosal remission.
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