Enhancing Robot-Assisted Fundamental Surgical Proficiency Using Portable Virtual Simulator
Introduction: Robot-assisted surgeries are widely adaptable in various medical fields, such as urology, cardiothoracic surgery and gynecology. However, training programs using actual surgical robots are costly. The development of Virtual Reality (VR) training platform alternatively provides an inexpensive and user-friendly interface. The learning effect of VR training system and the capability of skill transfer from… Continue Reading
Robotic Gastric Bypass: The Future of Bariatric Surgery?
Objective: Compare robotic versus laparoscopic roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) for the treatment of morbid obesity in a community hospital. Introduction: Since receiving Food and Drug Administration approval in 2000, surgery utilizing a robot (da Vinci® Surgical System) has been successfully performed in numerous procedures including RYGB. However, despite the proven safety profile, reported lower complication… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Robotics
Robotic Gastrectomies Offer a Sound Oncologic Surgical Alternative for the Treatment of Early Gastric Cancers Comparing Favorably with Laparoscopic Resections
Background: Patients diagnosed with early gastric cancers (EGC) are treated by endoscopic or surgical resections achieving five-year survival rates greater than 90% in some series. Rapidly maturing experience with laparoscopic gastrectomies and appropriate lymph node dissectionsfor the management of ECG offers these patients the many benefits of the minimally – invasive surgical (MIS) approach to… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Robotics
Robotic-Assisted Thyroidectomy Using a Gasless Transaxillary Approach: A Preliminary Experience
Background: The robotic-assisted endoscopic thyroidectomy using the W.Y.Chung technique appears to provide absence of any scar in the neck, potential advantage in the protection of the recurrent laryngeal nerves, and similar to the open approach results, in selected patients with benign and malignant thyroid diseases Patients and Methods: Five patients (3 females and 2 males,… Continue Reading
Robotic Assisted Esophagectomy for Treatment of Esophageal Hemangioma
We reported a case of primary esophageal hemangioma treated by Robotic assisted esophagectomy for video presentation. This is a 69 years old lady who presented with passage of tarry stool in December 2008. Upper endoscopy showed bluish discoloration of the mucosa with bulging from 20-25cm which occupied 2/3 of circumference of esophagus. Clinically this was… Continue Reading
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- Video Loop Presentations
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- Robotics
Robotic Posterior Retroperitoneal Adrenalectomy: Initial Report
Robotic Posterior Retroperitoneal Adrenalectomy: Initial ReportIntroduction: There has been a recent interest in robotic adrenalectomy due to improvement of technology. The lateral transabdominal robotic approach has been reported. The posterior retroperitoneal (PR) approach has been described laparoscopically, but there are no reports robotically. The challenge with this latter technique is related to close spacing of… Continue Reading