OBJECTIVE We developed a new surgical model of penile girth enhancement in dog, with minimal damage, fewer complications, and high success rate, to enable the experimental investigation of penile implants. METHODS We obtained materials for penile girth enhancement by processing the pericardium and blood vessel wall collected from pigs. Incisions were made at the penile bulb for the implantati...

The prevalence of minimally invasive surgical (MIS) procedures is on the rise due to the promise of fewer complications; however, these surgeries are more technically difficult and require greater training than their traditional counterparts. To counteract this, surgeons undergo more training and utilize surgical simulators to gain experience without risking patients’ health. To increase the ac...

This paper is to develop a segmentation system in order to assist the surgeons for the treatment of certain illness such as lung cancer, and tumours.Lung cancer is one of the most frequently occurring cancer and it has a very low survival .Computer Aided Diagnosis (CAD) helps reducing the burden of radiation and improving the accuracy of abnormality detection during CT image interpretation. The...

As demands on hospital efficiency increase, there is a stronger need for automatic analysis, recovery, and modification of surgical workflows. Even though most of the previous work has dealt with higher level and hospital-wide workflow including issues like document management, workflow is also an important issue within the surgery room. Its study has a high potential, e.g., for building contex...

BACKGROUND An osteoid osteoma is a benign bone tumor that tends to be <1 cm in size. The tumor is characterized by night-time pain that may be relieved by aspirin or other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Osteoid osteoma can be treated with various conservative and surgical methods, but these have some risks and difficulties. The purpose of the present study was to present an alternative ...

32 Saha S, Scott JG, Varghese D, Degenhardt L, Slade T, McGrath JJ. The association between delusional-like experiences, and tobacco, alcohol or cannabis use: a nationwide population-based survey. BMC Psychiatry 2011; 11: 202. 33 van Gastel WA, Maccabe JH, Schubart CD, Vreeker A, Tempelaar W, Kahn RS, et al. Cigarette smoking and cannabis use are equally strongly associated with psychotic-like ...

Fixing a surgical tube-drain is a common procedure (usually delegated to the junior-most trainees) that can significantly alter the postoperative morbidity. Ironically, in spite of today's technological advances in the surgical field, drain-related complications are still being reported. However, its inadequate fixation is largely responsible for a significant, though, preventable morbidity (li...

OBJECTIVE We describe a surgical tool that uses the distractor pin as a reference for determining proper screw length in ACDF. It is critical that screw purchase depth be as deep as possible without violating or penetrating the posterior cortical wall, which ensures strong pull out strength. METHODS We enrolled 81 adult patients who underwent ACDF using an anterior cervical plate from 2010 to...

This paper focuses on the development and validation of an optimal motion planning method for computer-assisted surgical training. The context of this work is the development of new-generation systems that combine artificial intelligence and computer vision techniques in order to adjust the learning process to specific needs of a trainee, while preventing a trainee from the memorization of part...

This paper presents a generalized integrated framework of semi-automatic surgical template design. Several algorithms were implemented including the mesh segmentation, offset surface generation, collision detection, ruled surface generation, etc., and a special software named TemDesigner was developed. With a simple user interface, a customized template can be semi- automatically designed accor...