Gut and Liver, 2022 Although the concern for gastric cancer prevention has increased, gastric cancer has remained a heavy burden worldwide and is not just a local issue in East Asian countries.
Chisato Hamashima
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Gut and Liver, 2022 Background/Aims: Treatment options for difficult bile duct stones are limited. Direct peroral cholangioscopy (POC)-guided lithotripsy may be an option. A newly developed multibending (MB) ultraslim endoscope has several structural features optimized for ...
Won Myung Lee +8 more
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Transforaminal Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy with Foraminoplasty for Down-migrated Disc Herniation: A Single-center Observational Study [PDF]
Journal of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery and Technique, 2022 Objective Full-endoscopic lumbar discectomy has evolved to be an alternative for the treatment of lumbar disc herniation. Regarding the techniques, the transforaminal approach remains the primary access.
Ching-Ting Tai +6 more
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Scanning and Actuation Techniques for Cantilever-Based Fiber Optic Endoscopic Scanners—A Review
Sensors, 2021 Endoscopes are used routinely in modern medicine for in-vivo imaging of luminal organs. Technical advances in the micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) and optical fields have enabled the further miniaturization of endoscopes, resulting in the ability ...
Mandeep Kaur +2 more
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Endoscopy International Open, 2019 Background and study aims Flexible endoscopes are potential vectors of pathogen transmission to patients that are subjected to cleaning and high-level disinfection after each procedure. Efficient manual cleaning is a prerequisite for effective high-level
Jonathan Alfageme Gonzalez +9 more
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Development of an acute pancreatitis porcine model based on endoscopic retrograde infusion of contrast medium or sodium taurocholate [PDF]
The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine, 2019 Background/Aims A reproducible, endoscope-based, large animal model, of acute pancreatitis was developed to meet the need for a suitable means of preclinically testing treatments.
Jin-Seok Park +5 more
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Development and validation of a cost-effective three-dimensional-printed cervical spine model for endoscopic posterior cervical foraminotomy training: a prospective educational study from Turkey [PDF]
Asian Spine JournalStudy Design Expanding upon established surgical simulation methods, we developed a fused deposition modeling three-dimensional (3D)-printed model of the C1–T1 vertebra for posterior cervical foraminotomy training that features silicone-based neural ...
Bilal Bahadır Akbulut +4 more
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Impact of Successful Choanal Atresia Repair on the Nasal Mucosa: A Preliminary Study
International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2017 Introduction The main histological features of the nasal mucosa in choanal atresia are distorted cilia, marked increase of mucous submucosal glands associated with marked reduction of goblet cell density, and lymphocytic cellular infiltration.
Ezzeddin Elsheikh +2 more
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Safety of laparoscopic graspers with different configurations during liver tissue clamping
Biosurface and Biotribology, 2018 Laparoscopic graspers often induce liver damage when large forces are applied during clamping. Here, the safety of graspers with different edge curvature radii, teeth profiles, and jaw windows was evaluated experimentally using a tissue damage assessment
Jin Wang, Li Ma, Wei Li, Zhongrong Zhou
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Hand–eye calibration using a target registration error model
Healthcare Technology Letters, 2017 Surgical cameras are prevalent in modern operating theatres and are often used as a surrogate for direct vision. Visualisation techniques (e.g. image fusion) made possible by tracking the camera require accurate hand–eye calibration between the camera ...
Elvis C.S. Chen +4 more
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