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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
doaj   +1 more source

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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3D sound for simulation of arthroscopic surgery [PDF]

, 2010
Arthroscopic surgery offers many advantages compared to traditional surgery. Nevertheless, the required skills to practice this kind of surgery need specific training. Surgery simulators are used to train surgeon apprentices to practice specific gestures.
CORENTHY, Loïc, ESPADERO-GUILLERMO, Jose Miguel, GARBAYA, Samir, ORTEGA-GONZALEZ, Vladimir   +3 more
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Structural design and analysis of minimally invasive surgical instruments with composite cable-driven

Jixie chuandong
ObjectiveTo solve the problems of insufficient motion flexibility and limited operation space of existing minimally invasive surgical instruments, and to improve their clinical applicability, a 5-degree-of-freedom (5-DOF) composite cable-driven minimally
LIANG Ke, YI Chengxiu, LIANG Kun, SU Tiecheng   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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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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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Towards Better Surgical Instrument Segmentation in Endoscopic Vision: Multi-Angle Feature Aggregation and Contour Supervision [PDF]

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2020
Accurate and real-time surgical instrument segmentation is important in the endoscopic vision of robot-assisted surgery, and significant challenges are posed by frequent instrument-tissue contacts and continuous change of observation perspective.
Fangbo Qin, Shan Lin, Yangming Li, R. Bly, K. Moe, B. Hannaford   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Psychosocial Outcomes in Patients With Endocrine Tumor Syndromes: A Systematic Review

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction The combination of disease manifestations, the familial burden, and varying penetrance of endocrine tumor syndromes (ETSs) is unique. This review aimed to portray and summarize available data on psychosocial outcomes in patients with ETSs and explore gaps and opportunities for future research and care.
Daniël Zwerus, Floortje Strobbe, Annemarie A. Verrijn Stuart, Hanneke M. van Santen, Gerlof D. Valk, Sasja A. Schepers, Rachel S. van Leeuwaarde   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A spectrophotometric method for determining residual protein levels on reusable surgical instruments: a comparison of six washing methods of instruments with an internal lumen

GMS Hygiene and Infection Control
Aim: Washing is a multistep process and a critical step in the sterilization of reusable instruments used in surgery. The complexity of the design of some types of instruments, such as those with a lumen, is a major challenge, both in terms of cleaning ...
Montmeat, Deborah, Boisseillier, Clément, Benhajkassen, Nabil, Rose, Jimmy, Pariscoat, Guillaume, Le Grand, Jennifer, Cambier, Cyril   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source