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World Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2019 Background To determine the optimal timing of duodenal transection in patients undergoing laparoscopic-assisted total gastrectomy (LATG) in combination with laparoscopic spleen-preserving splenic hilar lymphadenectomy (LSPL) for advanced proximal gastric
Zifang Zheng +4 more
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Patient Safety in Surgery, 2018 Background Bowel incarceration represents a dreaded complication amongst patients with hernias. The intraoperative evaluation of the bowel perfusion following hernia reduction with regard to the need for resection of ischaemic bowel can be challenging ...
Dimitra Daskalopoulou +4 more
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Real-time Geometry-Aware Augmented Reality in Minimally Invasive Surgery [PDF]
arXiv, 2017 The potential of Augmented Reality (AR) technology to assist minimally invasive surgeries (MIS) lies in its computational performance and accuracy in dealing with challenging MIS scenes. Even with the latest hardware and software technologies, achieving both real-time and accurate augmented information overlay in MIS is still a formidable task. In this
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Contralateral prophylactic mastectomies. Correlations between primary tumor and histological findings of controlateral breast [PDF]
, 2016 Backgound: In Italy in 2015 48,000 new cases of breast carcinomas were diagnosed. Women who are diagnosed with breast cancer have a significant risk of developing contralateral breast cancer during the rest of their lives and this risk is closely ...
Amanti, Claudio +10 more
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Medical Simulation and Training: "Haptic" Liver [PDF]
arXiv, 2018 Tactile perception plays an important role in medical simulation and training, specifically in surgery. The surgeon must feel organic tissue hardness, evaluate anatomical structures, measure tissue properties, and apply appropriate force control actions for safe tissue manipulation.
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Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and ResearchObjective To investigate the causal correlation and toxicological mechanisms of omeprazole in intervertebral disc degeneration (IVDD), alongside a particular emphasis on Caspase-3 (CASP3) mediated apoptosis of nucleus pulposus cells (NPCs).
Yuchao Jia +3 more
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The Use of Bone Morphogenetic Protein in the Intervertebral Disk Space in Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion [PDF]
, 2019 Study Design: Retrospective Cohort. Objective: The objective of this study was to characterize one surgeon’s experience over a 10-year period using rhBMP-2 in the disk space for minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MIS TLIF ...
Anderson +28 more
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First and second-generation endometrial ablation devices: A network meta-analysis
BMJ OpenObjective First-generation and second-generation endometrial ablation (EA) techniques, along with medical treatment and invasive surgery, are considered successful lines of management for abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB).
Alexa King +10 more
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Success rates of re-excision after positive margins for invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast. [PDF]
, 2019 Rates of positive margins after surgical resection of invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) are high (ranging from 18 to 60%), yet the efficacy of re-excision lumpReceptor subtypeectomy for clearing positive margins is unknown.
Alvarado, Michael +6 more
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Affordable Mobile-based Simulator for Robotic Surgery [PDF]
arXiv, 2018 Robotic surgery and novel surgical instrumentation present great potentials towards safer, more accurate and consistent minimally invasive surgery. However, their adoption is dependent to the access to training facilities and extensive surgical training. Robotic instruments require different dexterity skills compared to open or laparoscopic.
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