Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine
Jan 1, 2021
BACKGROUND: The aging population brings the problem of healthcare and dyskinesia. The lack of mobility extremely affects stroke patient's activities of daily living (ADL) and decreases their quality of life. To assist these mobility-limited people, a...
Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine
Jan 1, 2021
BACKGROUND: To provide effective rehabilitation in the early post-injury stage, a novel robotic rehabilitation platform is proposed, which provides full-body arm-leg rehabilitation via belt actuation to severely disabled patients who are restricted t...
Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery
Dec 15, 2020
OBJECTIVE: To compare the safety and accuracy of pedicle screw placement assisted by robot system with freehand pedicle screw placement in upper thoracic surgery.
Computer assisted surgery (Abingdon, England)
Dec 1, 2020
Intraoperative detection and tracking of minimally invasive instruments is a prerequisite for computer- and robotic-assisted surgery. Since additional hardware, such as tracking systems or the robot encoders, are cumbersome and lack accuracy, surgica...
Diseases of the esophagus : official journal of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus
Nov 26, 2020
The role of bedside assistants in robot-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy is important. It includes knowledge of the procedure, knowledge of the da Vinci Surgical System, skills in laparoscopy, and good communicative skills. An experienced be...
Diseases of the esophagus : official journal of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus
Nov 26, 2020
Pulmonary complications, and especially pneumonia, remain one of the most common complications after esophagectomy for esophageal cancer. These complications are reduced by minimally invasive techniques or by avoiding thoracic access through a transh...
Diseases of the esophagus : official journal of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus
Nov 26, 2020
To ensure safe implementation of robot-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy (RAMIE), the learning process should be optimized. This study aimed to report the results of a surgeon who implemented RAMIE in a German high-volume center by following ...
Diseases of the esophagus : official journal of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus
Nov 26, 2020
Horgan et al. described the first robotic-assisted transhiatal esophagectomy in 2003. Although there is debate regarding the oncologic appropriateness of transhiatal versus thoracic approach to esophagectomy in malignancy, comparative data are still ...
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