Emerging paradigms furthering the reach of medical technology into human anatomy
present unique modeling, control, and sensing problems. This review provides a brief history …

This review looks at the implementation of magnetic-based approaches in surgical
instruments for abdominal surgeries. As abdominal surgical techniques advance toward …

Modern surgery is currently developing NOTES (Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic
Surgery) robotic approaches to enable scarless surgical procedures. Despite of the …

Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) is one of the main aims of modern medicine. It enables
surgery to be performed with a lower number and severity of incisions. Medical robots have …

An 85-year-old male patient with common bile duct stones and gallbladder stone was
admitted to the hospital. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided cholecystogastrostomy and …

Purpose Magnetic anchoring devices may reduce the number of port sites needed in
laparoscopic surgery. In this study, we prospectively assessed the feasibility of using a …

Endoscopic treatment of gastrointestinal diseases has developed rapidly in recent years,
due to its minimally invasive nature. One of the main contributing factors for this progress is …

BACKGROUND Esophageal cancer has high incidence globally and is often diagnosed at
an advanced stage. With the widespread application of endoscopic technologies, the need …

The mutual interference between surgical instruments in thoracoscopic and laparoscopic
surgery and the effective exposure of the surgical field are important factors affecting …

Introduction: The purpose of this work is to design and validate an innovative magnetic-
based device for tissue retraction for minimally invasive surgery. Material and methods: An …