Artificial intelligence (AI) corresponds to a broad discipline that aims to design systems, which display properties of human intelligence. While it has led to many advances and applications in daily life, its introduction in medicine is still in its...
Seminars in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
Jul 4, 2019
The first concept of Artificial Intelligence (AI) came into attention during 1920s and currently it is rapidly being integrated in our daily clinical practice. The use of AI has evolved from basic image-based analysis into complex decisions related t...
International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery
Nov 27, 2018
INTRODUCTION: Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) is a potentially lethal condition that affects pregnancies in which twins share a single placenta. The definitive treatment for TTTS is fetoscopic laser photocoagulation, a procedure in which pla...
Remote-controlled vascular interventional robots (RVIRs) are being developed to increase the overall accuracy of surgical operations and reduce the occupational risks of intervening physicians, such as radiation exposure and chronic neck/back pain. S...
BACKGROUND: Extrahepatic portal vein obstruction (EHPVO) in children is often associated with growth restriction, which improves after the restoration of portal venous flow with a meso-Rex bypass, but the physiologic mechanism is unknown. The purpose...
Journal of vascular nursing : official publication of the Society for Peripheral Vascular Nursing
Nov 9, 2017
The aim of the study was to conduct a retrospective chart review of patients who underwent betadine/bacitracin continuous irrigation (BBCI) for vascular graft infections (VGIs) to review its use as a treatment option. A retrospective chart review fro...
PURPOSE: To describe a new robot-assisted surgical system for retinal vascular bypass surgery (RVBS) and to compare the success rate with freehand RVBS.
BACKGROUND: The emergence and development of robot assistant interventional vascular surgery technologies have benefited many patients with cardiovascular or cerebrovascular diseases. Due to the absence of effective training measures, these new advan...
BACKGROUND: ALPPS procedure is gaining interest. Indications and technical aspects of this technique are still under debate [1]. Only 4 totally laparoscopic ALPPS procedures have been described in the literature and none by robotic approach [2-4]. Th...
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