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Integrating Force Feedback Into Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery
November 19, 2009 4:58 am Videos CommentsIn this video, students at Drexel University describe an approach for integrating force feedback into existing minimally invasive robotic surgery systems, such as the da Vinci System. This work was performed as a senior design project at Drexel University during the 2008-2009 academic year.
Wrong Surgery Lands Hospital With Big Fine
November 12, 2009 5:12 am Videos CommentsA Rhode Island hospital has been fined $150,000 after allegedly performing its fifth wrong site surgery since 2007.
Pediatric Robotic Pyeloplasty
November 12, 2009 5:11 am Videos CommentsA surgeon at the Childrens Hospital Los Angeles uses robotic procedure to perform a Pediatric Robotic Pyeloplasty.
Use Of Bidirectional Barbed Suture In Gynecologic Laparoscopy
November 12, 2009 5:07 am Videos CommentsBackground: Laparoscopic suturing and knot tying can be a challenging and time-consuming task. We began using a bidirectional barbed suture for laparoscopic suturing in March of 2008, mainly for closure of the vaginal cuff during a total laparoscopic hysterectomy and for closure of the hysterotomy site during a laparoscopic myomectomy.
Medical Waste Disposal
November 5, 2009 6:19 am Videos CommentsOn site medical waste disposal and recycling system for all clinical waste and hospital waste materials compliant with the UN's World Health Organization (WHO).
Laparoscopic Perforated Cholecystectomy
November 5, 2009 6:10 am Videos CommentsWhat is new in cholecystectomy today - the bread and butter of general surgery? Can a cholecystectomy be performed always laparoscopically? Probably not. Can there be no iatrogenic injuries and no mortality? Certainly not. If this is the picture you would see when you put your first port in, in a 74 years old patient in near arrest due to sepsis and respiratory failure how many of you would continue laparoscopically and when and why would you go the good old days of open surgery? Would a large inflammatory mass in the right upper quadrant, barely allowing for insertion of a trocar and certainly not living much room for other ports put you off from laparoscopic surgery? What are the mortality, morbidity and recovery with open surgery in such settings? This case: a 74 years old man on anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation, presents with acute cholecystitis and sepsis; after a brief improvement with initial conservative management with rehydration, antibiotics and cardiology review for reversal of Warfarin, 48 hours later he deteriorates rapidly and is taken to surgery for cholecystectomy.
Surgeons Perform Pediatric Robotic Surgery
November 5, 2009 6:09 am Videos CommentsSaint Barnabas Healthcare System Robotic Surgery at Monmouth Medical Center, West Long Branch, NJ performed its first robotic surgery on a pediatric patient. Surgeons discuss the procedure, and what it means for the hospital in terms of patient care in the future.
Wireless Endoscopic Capsule Robot
November 5, 2009 6:08 am Videos CommentsResearchers are working to develop the Spider Pill, a wireless endoscopic capsule robot that has legs to move around be controlled in the body. The pill could potentially replace endoscopes, providing a less-invasive option for patients.
Cutting Edge HD Technology Showcased At ACS
October 29, 2009 12:08 pm Videos CommentsShow attendees learn of HD technologies in a simulated OR environment, the increasing portability of HD and experience the future of HD in 3D in a booth tour with Sony Among the multitudes of new surgical technology revealed at ACS this year in Chicago, high-definition (HD) technology for the OR was among the highlights.
Surgical Hospital Utilizes Wireless HD Transmission
October 29, 2009 6:43 am Videos CommentsAs the first facility in the DFW area to utilize wireless HD transmission, surgical professionals at Texas Institute for Surgery at Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas anticipate more operating rooms will follow the trend in wireless HD monitor systems.
Xbox + Math = Virtual Surgery
October 29, 2009 6:41 am Videos CommentsJoseph Teran, a professor of Applied Mathematics at UCLA, was named one of the "brightest people alive" by Discover Magazine. Follow him around UCLA's campus as he discusses virtual surgery and the power of applied math studies with Dr.
Robot Performs Surgery
October 29, 2009 6:40 am Videos CommentsA surgical team at the Foothills Medical Centre performs neurosurgery with a robot, Neuroarm, developed by a team at the University of Calgary Faculty of Medicine. NeuroArm aims to revolutionize Neurosurgery and other branches of operative medicine by liberating doctors from the constraints of the human hand.
Robotic Hysterectomy In HD
October 29, 2009 6:35 am Videos CommentsPart 1 of 4. Dr. M Patrick Lowe demonstrates the technique for a robotic hysterectomy to treat endometrial cancer. Total operative time for hysterectomy is 25 minutes. Part 2 of 4. Part 3 of 4. Part 4 of 4.
Surgeon Uses Stem Cells In Orthopedic Surgery
October 22, 2009 5:54 am Videos CommentsDr. John Brookvar, an orthopedic surgeon at New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center, is researching how to turn a few stem cells in patients' bone marrow into hundreds of thousands of stem cells. This will eliminate the need for cadaver bone and help bones grow together faster and stronger in orthopedic surgery patients.
Single Port Access (SPA) Proximal Gastric GIST Resection
October 22, 2009 5:53 am Videos CommentsBackground: Recent advances in minimally invasive surgery have included methods for reducing the number of incisions for trocar placement. Single Port Access is a novel method allowing the performance of standard laparoscopic procedures through one incision.
