Gastrectomy is the mainstay treatment for gastric cancer. To reduce the associated patient
burden, minimally invasive gastrectomy was introduced in almost 30 years ago. The …

Background Robotic assistance or telemanipulation is the latest technological advance in
minimally invasive surgery. Its future implementation will depend on the advantages that it …

Hypothesis Robotic technology is the most advanced development of minimally invasive
surgery, but there are still some unresolved issues concerning its use in a clinical setting …

PURPOSE: Telerobotic surgical systems attempt to provide technological solutions to the
inherent limitations of traditional laparoscopic surgery. In this article, we present the first two …

Background In the last few years, robotics has been applied in clinical practice for a variety
of laparoscopic procedures. This study reports our preliminary experience using robotics in …

INTRODUCTION: Robotic laparoscopic surgery is postulated to result in better surgical
results by allowing improved instrument manipulation and three-dimensional vision. The …

Objective: To compare safety and costs of robotic-assisted and laparoscopic
cholecystectomy in patients with symptomatic cholecystolithiasis. Background: Technical …

Methods An expert panel was selected by the EAES technology committee to draft the
consensus paper. The panel was composed of 13 members: 9 general surgeons, of which …

The large interest in utilising fibre Bragg grating (FBG) strain sensors for minimally invasive
surgery (MIS) applications to replace conventional electrical tactile sensors has grown in the …

Objective: To clarify the progression of focal pure ground-glass opacity (pGGO) detected by
low-dose helical computed tomography (CT) screening for lung cancer. Methods: A total of …