Facet-sparing lumbar decompression with a minimally invasive flexible MicroBlade Shaver® versus traditional decompression: quantitative radiographic assessment. [PDF]
, 2012 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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Autofluorescence lifetime augmented reality as a means for real-time robotic surgery guidance in human patients. [PDF]
, 2019 Due to loss of tactile feedback the assessment of tumor margins during robotic surgery is based only on visual inspection, which is neither significantly sensitive nor specific.
Bec, J +11 more
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Surgical Instrument Detection on the Instrument Stand using Neural Networks
Current Directions in Biomedical EngineeringEfficient detection of surgical instruments in operating room (OR) settings is critical for advancing surgical workflow management systems. While deep learning-based object detection has achieved promising results in minimally invasive surgery, the ...
Kienle Linus L. +4 more
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Suturing Support by Human Cooperative Robot Control Using Deep Learning
IEEE Access, 2020 Considering the widespread use of surgical robots in recent years, computer-assisted surgery is becoming significantly popular. Because the automation of surgical tasks without human intervention remains complex owing to individual patient differences, a
Takuto Mikada +4 more
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Bibliography on Clean Rooms [PDF]
Bibliography on contamination control, and air filtering for application to electronics and surgical ...
Wright, D. E.
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Functional assessment of cancer therapy questionnaire for breast cancer (FACT-B+4): Italian version validation [PDF]
, 2018 BACKGROUND: Improvements in breast cancer diagnosis and treatment led to an increased incidence of survivors' rate. The healthcare system has to face new problems related not only to the treatment of the disease, but also to the management of the ...
Aceti, V +9 more
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Implementing a perioperative efficiency initiative for orthopedic surgery instrumentation at an academic center: A comparative before-and-after study. [PDF]
, 2019 Optimizing surgical instrumentation may contribute to value-based care, particularly in commonly performed procedures. We report our experience in implementing a perioperative efficiency program in 2 types of orthopedic surgery (primary total-knee ...
Bini, Stefano A +6 more
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Haptic Noise Cancellation: Restoring Force Perception in Robotically-Assisted Beating Heart Surgery [PDF]
, 2010 Beating heart surgical methods have the potential to remove the need for the heart-lung machine and its attendant side effects, but must contend with the motion of the heart.
Dubec, Karl-Alexander +2 more
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Hands-on reconfigurable robotic surgical instrument holder arm
, 2016 : The use of conventional surgical tool holders requires an assistant during positioning and adjustment due to the lack of weight compensation. In this paper, we introduce a robotic arm system with hands-on control approach.
Leibrandt, KL +3 more
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Ergonomics of the Operative Field in Paediatric Minimal Access Surgery [PDF]
, 2009 Imperial Users ...
Lee, Alex Chi Hang, Lee, Alex Chi Hang
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