Surgical simulation in robot-assisted thoracic surgery: patient safety

Robot Assisted Thoracic Surgery (RATS)

Multi-Level Safety Concept for Robot Assisted ENT Surgery

During image guided interventions the surgeon depends on feedback provided by the surgical support system, in some cases exclusively. Because image guided surgery consists of a number stages during which errors may be introduced, the final system accuracy and robustness can be compromised without knowledge of the user. These errors become particularly important in cases in which extremely high ...

Simulation-based robot-assisted surgical training: a health economic evaluation.

OBJECTIVE To determine the overall cost effectiveness of surgical skills training on Robotic Surgical Simulator (RoSS). METHODS This study evaluates the cost analysis of utilizing RoSS for robot-assisted surgical training, at Roswell Park Center for Robotic Surgery. Trainees were queried for time spent on the RoSS console over a period of 1 year, starting from June 2010 to June 2011. Time spe...

Video-assisted thoracic surgery complications

Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) is a miniinvasive technique commonly applied worldwide. Indications for VATS are very broad and include the diagnosis of mediastinal, lung and pleural diseases, as well as large resection procedures such as pneumonectomy. The most frequent complication is prolonged postoperative air leak. The other significant complications are bleeding, infections, postop...

Video-assisted Thoracic Surgery Lobectomy

− 1 − *Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine Corresponding author: Kwhanmien Kim, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine, 50, Irwon-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-710, Korea (Tel) 82-2-3410-3485 (Fax) 82-2-3410-6986 (E-mail) kmkim0070@skku...