Is There a Patient Profile That Characterizes a Patient With Adult Spinal Deformity as a Candidate for Minimally Invasive Surgery? [PDF]
, 2017 Study designRetrospective review.ObjectivesThe goal of this study was to evaluate the baseline characteristics of patients chosen to undergo traditional open versus minimally invasive surgery (MIS) for adult spinal deformity (ASD).MethodsA multicenter ...
Akbarnia, Behrooz A +14 more
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Automatic laser steering for middle ear surgery [PDF]
arXiv, 2022 This paper deals with the control of laser spot in the context of minimally invasive surgery of the middle ear, e.g., cholesteatoma removal. More precisely, our work is concerned with the exhaustive burring of residual infected cells after primary mechanical resection of the pathological tissues since the latter cannot guarantee the treatment of all ...
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Venous Thromboembolism in Minimally Invasive Compared With Open Hysterectomy for Endometrial Cancer [PDF]
, 2016 OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether minimally invasive surgery for endometrial cancer is independently associated with a decreased odds of venous thromboembolism compared with open surgery.
Barber, Emma L. +2 more
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Scientific Reports, 2021 An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.
Francisco Miguel Sánchez-Margallo +6 more
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Outcomes of less invasive J-incision approach to aortic valve surgery [PDF]
, 2012 ObjectiveLess invasive approaches to aortic valve surgery are increasingly used; however, few studies have investigated their impact on outcome. We sought to compare clinical outcomes after these approaches with full sternotomy using propensity-matching ...
Atik, Fernando A. +9 more
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Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery I: Patient Selection, Evaluation, and Planning. [PDF]
, 2016 Widespread adoption of minimally invasive mitral valve repair and replacement may be fostered by practice consensus and standardization. This expert opinion, first of a 3-part series, outlines current best practices in patient evaluation and selection ...
Agnihotri, Arvind K +24 more
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Surgical Gym: A high-performance GPU-based platform for reinforcement learning with surgical robots [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 Recent advances in robot-assisted surgery have resulted in progressively more precise, efficient, and minimally invasive procedures, sparking a new era of robotic surgical intervention. This enables doctors, in collaborative interaction with robots, to perform traditional or minimally invasive surgeries with improved outcomes through smaller incisions.
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Advances in general surgical laparoscopy [PDF]
, 2013 Minimally invasive surgery has been with us for the past century. The lasl thirty years have seen an exponential growth in the development of laparoscopic techniques which allow major surgery to be performed through smaller incisions and less ...
Abela, Jo Etienne
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Methods and Tools for Objective Assessment of Psychomotor Skills in Laparoscopic Surgery [PDF]
, 2011 Training and assessment paradigms for laparoscopic surgical skills are evolving from traditional mentor–trainee tutorship towards structured, more objective and safer programs.
Chmarra, Magdalena K. +7 more
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Gastric Cancer surgery at the University Hospital of Northern Norway from 2007 to 2017, from open to minimal invasive surgery [PDF]
, 2020 Background: Gastric cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer related death, world-wide. The most common type is adenocarcinoma, which account for 95% of all gastric tube cancers.
Rosvold, Sondre
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