Chung-Wei Lin, MD Koo Foundation Sun Yat-Sen Cancer Center Background: Full mobilization of the right liver is crucial for resection of tumors located in right posterior segments and segment VIII. Surgeons usually put their left hand into the space between right diaphragm and liver to tilt and rotate liver toward left for full exposure of […]
Takao Toshima, Ryuichi Kumashiro, Norifumi Harimoto, Youichi Yamashita, Toru Ikegami, Tomoharu Yoshizumi, Yuji Soejima, Ken Shirabe, Yoshihiko Maehara, Tetsuo Ikeda Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. What kind of instrument is the “Silicon Jacket Irrigator”?: The Silicone Jacket Irrigator (SJI) is coated with silicone that is not denatured or degraded at 200°C and can be applied to […]
Daisuke Miki, BEng, Takuro Ishii, MEng, Kazuya Kawamura, PhD, Hiroshi Kawahira, MD, PhD, Tatsuo Igarashi, MD, PhD Department of Medical System Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan Objective of the technologyThe minimally invasive surgery that includes NOTES and SILS requires surgeons to handle delicate surgical operations with narrow vision and limited perception. In […]
Dae Kyung Sohn, MD, PhD, Kwang Gi Kim, PhD, Chang Nho Cho, MS National Cancer Center in Korea Purpose NOTES (Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery) is a new surgical method with many promising benefits. For NOTES, a highly dexterous tool is required. Hyper-redundant robots can offer such dexterity, but they require complex control algorithms. In […]
Yong Won Seo, Ashirwad Chowriappa, PhD, Khurshid Guru, MD, Thenkurussi Kesavadas, PhD University at Buffalo Introduction & ObjectiveTrocar insertion is one of the most cited causes of surgical injuries when performing laparoscopic procedures. Between 1997 and mid-2002, the FDA received about 1,300 laparoscopic trocar-associated injury reports, including reports of 30 fatalities. This process is highly […]