Robotic and microrobotic tools such as dental operating microscopes and dental endoscopes are being used extensively in dental therapy, which have a significant impact on dental therapy and education. Herein, this paper reviews the state of the art o...
International journal of urology : official journal of the Japanese Urological Association
Feb 17, 2022
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the impact of erectile function on health-related quality of life in Japanese prostate cancer patients following robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.
BACKGROUND: Poor surgical ergonomics and physiological stress have been shown to impair surgical performance and cause injuries. The prevalence of musculoskeletal pain among arthroplasty surgeons is inordinately high. This study compared surgeon stre...
International journal of surgery (London, England)
Feb 17, 2022
BACKGROUND: Robot-assisted kidney transplantation (RAKT) has emerged as an alternative for kidney transplant recipients with the potential benefits of minimally invasive surgery. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to compare the c...
Journal of neurointerventional surgery
Feb 15, 2022
Robotic catheter angiography is an emerging technology with the opportunity to increase procedural precision and decrease occupational hazards.1-5 In this video, we present our initial experiences with the CorPath GRX Robotic System (Corindus, a Seim...
This paper focuses on the impedance control for robotic manipulators with time-varying output constraints. High-order control barrier functions (HoCBFs) are firstly proposed for a nonlinear system with high relative-degree time-varying constraints. T...
BACKGROUND: The cost-effectiveness of robotic-assisted unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (RA-UKA) remains unclear. Time-driven activity-based costing (TDABC) has been shown to accurately reflect true resource utilization. This study aimed to compare...
Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation
Feb 13, 2022
BACKGROUND: Current robot-aided training allows for high-intensity training but might hamper the transfer of learned skills to real daily tasks. Many of these tasks, e.g., carrying a cup of coffee, require manipulating objects with complex dynamics. ...
INTRODUCTION: The surgical treatment of ureteral strictures in adults represents a challenging procedure for the variability of location, extension, and etiology of the disease. Open ureteral reimplantation (OUR) offered high success rates even when ...
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