Endoluminal Greater Curvature Plication – a case series
Manoel Galvao Neto, MD, Natan Zundel, MD, Josemberg M Campos, MD, Alonso Alvarado, MD, Lyz B Silva, MD, Jorge Orillac, MD, Sohail Shaikh, MD, Eddie Gomez, MD, Erik Wilson, MD, Christopher Thompson, MD Gastro Obeso Center, SP, Brazil; Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA; Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil; Clinica Hospital San Fernando, Panama; Brigham… Continue Reading
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Embedded, miniaturized and distributed control for a colonoscopy robotic platform
Luigi Manfredi, PhD, Alfred Cuschieri, Professor The Institute for Medical Science and Technology, University of Dundee, UK IntroductionCODIR (COlonic Disease Investigation by Robot hydro-colonoscopy) is a five year project funded by the European Research Council for basic and applied research related to the development of a robotic hydro-colonoscopy (RHC) system in order to replace flexible… Continue Reading
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Using Open Source Technologies to develop low cost Surgical Simulators
Shamyl B Mansoor, Zohaib Amjad, Asif Zafar, Dr National University of Sciences and Technology, Holy Family Hospital IntroductionMinimal Invasive Surgery, (MIS), is an advanced method performed by using instruments inserted through small keyhole incisions. In countries like Pakistan who have not completely adopted MIS, surgeons are trained for open surgery. In open surgery surgeons are… Continue Reading
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Real-time Laparoscopic Imagery Enhancement And Clarification
Mahmoud Abu Gazala, MD, Jack Wade, Rick Hier, PhD, Randal Millar, BSEE, Chuck Siewert, BSEE, Yoav Mintz, MD Department of Surgery, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel. Objective Surgical smoke and lens fogging are major hinderances to the safe and efficient course of laparoscopy. Surgeons must interrupt their work to clean lens fog or evacuate… Continue Reading
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Stereoscopic Augmented Reality for Laparoscopic Surgery
Xin Kang, Wilson Emmanuel, Kyle Wu, Aaron Martin, Timothy Kane, Craig A Peters, Kevin Cleary, Raj Shekhar Shekhar Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, Children's National Medical Center, Washington DC Objective: Visual information is critical to safe and effective surgical outcomes, particularly in laparoscopic procedures where haptic feedback is limited. Traditional laparoscopes provide a flat… Continue Reading
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Robotic Laparoscopic manipulator with embedded tracking software – preliminary results
Amir Szold, MD Assia Medical Group and Assuta Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel Objective: With the growing need for trained personnel in the operating room it was expected that robotic manipulators and camera holders will become standard equipment. This is not the current situation because the products that reached the market so far were expensive,… Continue Reading
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Intraoperative near-infrared fluorescent cholangiography during Single Site Robotic Cholecystectomy
Fabio Priora, MD, Luca Matteo Lenti, PhD, Ferruccio Ravazzoni, PhD, Alessandra Marano, MD, Giulio Argenio, MD, Giuseppe Spinoglio, MD Surgical Department - Unito of General and Oncologic Surgery - Ss. Antonio e Biagio Hospital OBJECTIVE The application of the fluorescence with indocyanine green (IG) in robotic surgery is a recent challenging technique. Thanks to its… Continue Reading
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Intra-operative Biliary Mapping During Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Using Indocyanine Green and Near Infrared Fluorescent Cholangiography
Mark R Wendling, MD, James D Vargo, Joseph M Drosdeck, MD, W. Scott Melvin, MD, Vimal K Narula, MD The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center ObjectiveBile duct injury remains the most feared complication of laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Intra-operative Cholangiography (IOC) is currently the gold standard for biliary imaging, but technical challenges and time requirements limit… Continue Reading
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First Clinical Experience with the TransPyloric Shuttle (TPS(r)) Device, a Non-Surgical Endoscopic Treatment for Obesity: Results from a 3-Month and 6-Month Study
George Marinos, MBBS, FRACP, MD, Chris Eliades, MBBS, V. Raman Muthusamy, MD, Kobi Iki, MS, Cliff Kline, Hugh L Narciso, MSc, Daniel Burnett, MD Prince of Wales Private Hospital (Sydney, NSW, AUS); BAROnova, Inc. (Goleta, CA, USA) Objective: The TransPyloric Shuttle® (TPS®) is a non-surgical device that is delivered endoscopically to the stomach and is… Continue Reading
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Validation of a 3-D Surgical Navigation System for Laparoscopic Liver Ablation Procedures using a Human Cadaver Model
Chet W Hammill, MD, Maria A Cassera, Logan W Clements, PhD, Prashanth Dumpuri, PhD, James D Stefansic, PhD Liver and Pancreas Surgery Program, Providence Medical Center, Portland, OR and Pathfinder Technologies, Inc., Nashville, TN Objective The Explorer™ Minimally Invasive Liver (MIL) device is a 3-D image guidance system that is intended to be used as… Continue Reading
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Role Specific Views for Laparoscopic Surgery
Timothy W Perez, MD, MPH, Marios Pattichis, PhD, Yuebing Jiang, PhDc, Bilal Khan, MD University of New Mexico, Department of Surgery, Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering Objective of the technology In laparoscopic surgery the surgeon and the assistant share a single video perspective. However, the visual needs of a surgeon often differ from that… Continue Reading
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In-Vivo 3D Surface Reconstruction and CT Registration for Minimally Invasive Surgery
Jaime E Sanchez, MD, Bingxiong Lin, Adrian Johnson, Yu Sun, PhD, Xiaoning Qian, PhD University of South Florida Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation The aim of this technology is to provide a registered, augmented reality, visual overlay of patient specific radiologic data in minimally invasive surgery. We have developed a means to digitally… Continue Reading
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Totally Endoscopic Gastric Plication Using A Novel Endoscopic Stapler
Santiago Horgan, Alejandro Grigaites, Pablo Omelanczuk, Veronica Gorodner, Rudolf Buxhoeveden, Rodrigo Ongay UCSD, Hospital Aleman de Buenos Aires, Hospital Italiano de Mendoza. Programa Unidades Bariatricas Objective: to date, bariatric surgery has proven to be the most effective treatment for obesity. Even though Roux -en- Y gastric bypass is considered the gold standard, investigation is focused… Continue Reading
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Development Of An Autonomous Smart Graspers To Prevent Tissue Slip During Laparoscopic Surgery
A Brown, S I Brown, PhD, Z Wang, PhD, D I Maclean, PhD, A Cuschieri, Prof University of Dundee ObjectiveDuring laparoscopic surgery it is often necessary to retract tissue to expose the operative site. We propose a retraction device which will automate this process by detecting slip and modulating the necessary force to retain tissue… Continue Reading
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Initial Experience With Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy In The Pre-operative Assessment Of Bariatric Patients
Aliyah Kanji, MD, Luke Funk, MD, MPH, Dean J Mikami, MD, FACS The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Background Probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy (pCLE) allows for real time assessment of esophageal and gastric mucosa at the time of initial endoscopy. Developed by Mauna Kea Technology, this confocal miniprobe can be passed into the working… Continue Reading
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