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A two-step approach to create and evaluate an optimization method for surgical instrument trays to reduce their environmental impact

Cleaner Environmental Systems, 2023
Objective: This study combines Integer Linear Programming (ILP) and carbon footprint analysis based on the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) method to reduce the carbon footprint of surgical instrument trays and their use.
Nona Schmidt, Marieke E. Sijm-Eeken, Sylvie AM. Langhout, Lotte Ruchtie, Frans PJM. Voorbraak, Nicolaas H. Sperna Weiland   +5 more
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The detection of wound infection by ion mobility chemical analysis [PDF]

, 2020
Surgical site infection represents a large burden of care in the National Health Service. Current methods for diagnosis include a subjective clinical assessment and wound swab culture that may take several days to return a result.
Bechar, Janak, Covington, James A., Daulton, Emma, Hardwicke, Joseph, Wicaksono, Alfian   +4 more
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Surgical instrument detection and tracking technologies: Automating dataset labeling for surgical skill assessment

Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2022
Surgical skills can be improved by continuous surgical training and feedback, thus reducing adverse outcomes while performing an intervention. With the advent of new technologies, researchers now have the tools to analyze surgical instrument motion to ...
Shubhangi Nema, Leena Vachhani
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Impact of a Novel Surgical Instrument on Topography-Guided LASIK Outcomes

TNOA Journal of Ophthalmic Science and Research
Purpose: To compare the impact of Khatib laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) globe stabilizer on standard refractive outcomes and induced higher-order aberrations (HOAs) in Topo-guided LASIK surgery.
Zain Irfan Khatib, Irfan Z. Khatib, Niha Z. Khatib   +2 more
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The Basic Surgical Skills course in sub-Saharan Africa: an observational study of effectiveness [PDF]

, 2017
Background: The Basic Surgical Skills (BSS) course is a common component of postgraduate surgical training programmes in sub-Saharan Africa, but was originally designed in a UK context, and its efficacy and relevance have not been formally assessed in
Fergusson, Stuart, Ntakiyiruta, Georges, Ntirenganya, Faustin, Sedgwick, David M.   +3 more
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Improving prediction performance of colon cancer prognosis based on the integration of clinical and multi-omics data

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 2020
Background Colon cancer is common worldwide and is the leading cause of cancer-related death. Multiple levels of omics data are available due to the development of sequencing technologies.
Danyang Tong, Yu Tian, Tianshu Zhou, Qiancheng Ye, Jun Li, Kefeng Ding, Jingsong Li   +6 more
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Concurrent Segmentation and Localization for Tracking of Surgical Instruments

, 2017
Real-time instrument tracking is a crucial requirement for various computer-assisted interventions. In order to overcome problems such as specular reflections and motion blur, we propose a novel method that takes advantage of the interdependency between ...
D Bouget, D Bouget, D Sarikaya, J Zhou, LC García-Peraza-Herrera, M Allan, N Rieke, N Rieke, O Ronneberger, R Sznitman, R Sznitman   +10 more
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Finite element model set-up of colorectal tissue for analyzing surgical scenarios [PDF]

, 2017
Finite Element Analysis (FEA) has gained an extensive application in the medical field, such as soft tissues simulations. In particular, colorectal simulations can be used to understand the interaction with the surrounding tissues, or with instruments ...
Bici, Michele, Bini, Fabiano, Campana, Francesca, Guachi, Robinson, Marinozzi, Franco   +4 more
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Limited generalizability of single deep neural network for surgical instrument segmentation in different surgical environments

Scientific Reports, 2022
Clarifying the generalizability of deep-learning-based surgical-instrument segmentation networks in diverse surgical environments is important in recognizing the challenges of overfitting in surgical-device development.
Daichi Kitaguchi, Toru Fujino, Nobuyoshi Takeshita, Hiro Hasegawa, Kensaku Mori, Masaaki Ito   +5 more
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Systematic review of the current status of cadaveric simulation for surgical training [PDF]

, 2019
Background: There is growing interest in and provision of cadaveric simulation courses for surgical trainees. This is being driven by the need to modernize and improve the efficiency of surgical training within the current challenging training climate ...
Chapman, A. W., Fisher, Joanne D., Griffin, Damian R., James, H. K., Pattison, G. T. R.   +4 more
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