Minimally invasive thyroid and parathyroid surgery [PDF]
Since the 1980s, minimally invasive surgical techniques have attracted immense interest in all surgical specialties, including abdominal, thoracic and most recently head and neck surgery.
Lang, HHB
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Robotic total gastrectomy with intracorporeal robot-sewn anastomosis. A novel approach adopting the double-loop reconstruction method [PDF]
Gastric cancer constitutes a major health problem. Robotic surgery has been progressively developed in this field. Although the feasibility of robotic procedures has been demonstrated, there are unresolved aspects being debated, including the ...
Cirocchi, Roberto +13 more
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A standardized comparison of peri-operative complications after minimally invasive esophagectomy: Ivor Lewis versus McKeown. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: While our institutional approach to esophageal resection for cancer has traditionally favored a minimally invasive (MI) 3-hole, McKeown esophagectomy (MIE 3-hole) during the last five years several factors has determined a shift in our ...
Berger, Adam C. +6 more
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Systems and technologies for objective evaluation of technical skills in laparoscopic surgery [PDF]
Minimally invasive surgery is a highly demanding surgical approach regarding technical requirements for the surgeon, who must be trained in order to perform a safe surgical intervention.
Aggarwal R +57 more
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Interdisciplinary three-step strategy to treat aortic stenosis and coronary artery disease in a patient with end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [PDF]
Background: Valvular aortic stenosis is a common disease in the elderly, often in multimorbid patients. It is often associated with coronary artery disease and peripheral artery disease.
Michel, Sebastian +6 more
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Magnetic Continuum Device with Variable Stiffness for Minimally Invasive Surgery
One of the challenges of minimally invasive surgery is the dexterous manipulation and precise control of small‐diameter continuum surgical instruments. Herein, a magnetic continuum device with variable stiffness (VS) is presented, whose tip is precisely ...
C. Chautems +5 more
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Facet-sparing lumbar decompression with a minimally invasive flexible MicroBlade Shaver® versus traditional decompression: quantitative radiographic assessment. [PDF]
BackgroundLaminectomy/laminotomy and foraminotomy are well established surgical techniques for treatment of symptomatic lumbar spinal stenosis. However, these procedures have significant limitations, including limited access to lateral and foraminal ...
Berven, Sigurd +6 more
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Pediatric heart surgery minimally invasive: experience of a Colombian center [PDF]
Hernández-Ruiz K +6 more
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A Proposed Personalized Spine Care Protocol (SpineScreen) to Treat Visualized Pain Generators: An Illustrative Study Comparing Clinical Outcomes and Postoperative Reoperations between Targeted Endoscopic Lumbar Decompression Surgery, Minimally Invasive TLIF and Open Laminectomy. [PDF]
Lewandrowski KU +15 more
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Download the full PDF of Jefferson Surgical Solutions Spring 2009, Volume 4, Number 1. [PDF]
Download the full PDF of Jefferson Surgical Solutions Spring 2009, Volume 4, Number ...
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