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21 Robotic and Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery Anesthesiology Clinics, April 4, 2013 Clinical Article
22 Computed Tomography as an Alternative to Catheter Angiography Prior to Robotic Mitral Valve Repair Annals of Thoracic Surgery, April 4, 2013 Clinical Article
23 Single dose oral ibuprofen plus codeine for acute postoperative pain in adults Cochrane Reviews, April 1, 2013 Review Article
24 Robotics in Advanced Gastrointestinal Surgery: The Bariatric Experience Full Text The Cancer Journal, March 27, 2013 Review Article
25 Robot-assisted renal artery aneurysm repair with a saphenous vein Y-graft interposition Surgical Endoscopy, March 26, 2013 Clinical Article
26 Robot Versus Laparoscopic Gastrectomy for Cancer by an Experienced Surgeon: Comparisons of Surgery, Complications, and Surgical Stress Annals of Surgical Oncology, March 25, 2013 Clinical Article
27 Outcomes and Costs Associated With Robotic Colectomy in the Minimally Invasive Era Diseases of the Colon and Rectum, March 21, 2013 Clinical Article
28 An fMRI Compatible Wrist Robotic Interface to Study Brain Development in Neonates Annals of Biomedical Engineering, March 18, 2013 Clinical Article
29 Robot-assisted Posterior Retroperitoneoscopic Adrenalectomy Using Single-port Access: Technical Feasibility and Preliminary Results Annals of Surgical Oncology, March 15, 2013 Clinical Article
30 Robotically Assisted Revision of Bariatric Surgeries Is Safe and Effective to Achieve Further Weight Loss World Journal of Surgery, March 14, 2013 Review Article Clinical Article
31 Impact of Robotic Surgery on Sexual and Urinary Functions After Fully Robotic Nerve-Sparing Total Mesorectal Excision for Rectal Cancer Annals of Surgery, March 13, 2013 Clinical Article
32 Fundamental skills of robotic surgery: a multi-institutional randomized controlled trial for validation of a simulation-based curriculum Urology, March 13, 2013
33 Safety of robotic thyroidectomy approaches: Meta-analysis and systematic review Head & Neck, March 11, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine Review Article
34 Factors Influencing Hospital Length of Stay After Robotic Totally Endoscopic Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Annals of Thoracic Surgery, March 7, 2013 Review Article
35 Five Hundred Cases of Robotic Totally Endoscopic Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Predictors of Success and Safety Annals of Thoracic Surgery, March 6, 2013 Clinical Article
36 Robotic Posterior Mitral Leaflet Repair: Neochordal Versus Resectional Techniques Annals of Thoracic Surgery, March 5, 2013 Clinical Article
37 Systematic review of robotic liver resection Surgical Endoscopy, March 4, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine Review Article
38 Robot-Assisted Thoracoscopic Hybrid Esophagectomy in the Semi-Prone Position Under Pneumothorax Artificial Organs, February 27, 2013 Clinical Article
39 Computer-Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery and Robotic Surgery in Total Hip Arthroplasty Full Text Clinics in Orthopedic Surgery, February 26, 2013 Clinical Article
40 Stage I-II non-small-cell lung cancer treated using either stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) or lobectomy by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS): outcomes of a propensity score-matched analysis Annals of Oncology, February 25, 2013 Clinical Article
As published in the Journal of Cardiac Surgery, thoracic epidural anesthesia (TEA) plus general anesthesia (GA) is superior to GA alone in managing post-operative CABG pain. Forty patients undergoing elective CABG were randomized to receive TEA (0.25% bipivacaine [10-20 mg/h]) intra-operatively and for 24 h post-operatively plus GA or GA alone. Post-operative pain at rest and with coughing was significantly less for up to 1 month post-operatively in the TEA + GA group compared to the GA alone group. Furthermore, analgesic use, mechanical ventilation time, ICU stay time, and hospital stay time were reduced in the TEA + GA group compared to the GA alone group.
Read the article summaryAs published in the British Journal of Anaesthesia, measurement of N-terminal pro B-type natruiretic peptide (NT-proBNP) pre- and post-operatively predicts outcome in patients > 50 years of age (n=297) undergoing emergent non-cardiac surgery. A pre-operative NT-proBNP > 725 pg/ml was associated with a 4.8-fold RR of non-fatal MI, acute heart failure, or death between surgery and the 3-year post-operative follow up. Similarly, a post-operative NT-proBNP > 1600 pg/ml was associated with a 4.0-fold RR of non-fatal MI, acute heart failure, or death between surgery and the 3-year post-operative follow up. A pre-operative NT-proBNP > 1740 pg/ml was associated with a 6.9 RR for major adverse cardiac events during the post-operative hospital stay.
Read the article summaryAs published in Dermatologic Surgery, RCC patients (n=69) treated with multikinase inhibitors are at increased risk for squamous cell carcinomas and basal cell carcinomas. After a median treatment of 13.5 months, 13.5% and 6.3% of patients treated with sorafenib and sunitinib developed skin cancer, respectively.
Read the article summary1 Instrument Failures for the da Vinci Surgical System: a Food and Drug Administration MAUDE Database Study Surgical Endoscopy, April 24, 2013 Review Article
2 Single dose oral ibuprofen plus codeine for acute postoperative pain in adults Cochrane Reviews, April 1, 2013 Review Article
3 Robotic Surgery for Thyroid Disease European Thyroid Journal, April 26, 2013 Review Article
4 Impact of Robotic Surgery on Sexual and Urinary Functions After Fully Robotic Nerve-Sparing Total Mesorectal Excision for Rectal Cancer Annals of Surgery, March 13, 2013
5 Robot-assisted laparoscopic liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma: short-term outcome The American Journal of Surgery, April 9, 2013
6 Five Hundred Cases of Robotic Totally Endoscopic Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Predictors of Success and Safety Annals of Thoracic Surgery, March 6, 2013
7 Robotic-Assisted Minimally Invasive Central Pancreatectomy: Technique and Outcomes Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, April 22, 2013
8 Outcomes and Costs Associated With Robotic Colectomy in the Minimally Invasive Era Diseases of the Colon and Rectum, March 21, 2013
9 Robotic and Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery Anesthesiology Clinics, April 4, 2013
10 Expense of Robotic Thyroidectomy: A Cost Analysis at a Single Institution JAMA Surgery, December 21, 2012
11 Robot Versus Laparoscopic Gastrectomy for Cancer by an Experienced Surgeon: Comparisons of Surgery, Complications, and Surgical Stress Annals of Surgical Oncology, March 25, 2013
12 Combined thoracoscopic and laparoscopic robotic-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy using a four-arm platform: experience, technique and cautions during early procedure development [THORACIC] European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, April 17, 2013
13 Robotics in Advanced Gastrointestinal Surgery: The Bariatric Experience The Cancer Journal, March 27, 2013 Free full text Review Article
14 Robotically Assisted Revision of Bariatric Surgeries Is Safe and Effective to Achieve Further Weight Loss World Journal of Surgery, March 14, 2013 Review Article
15 Safety of robotic thyroidectomy approaches: Meta-analysis and systematic review Head & Neck, March 11, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine Review Article
16 Robot-assisted Fenestrated Endovascular Aneurysm Repair (FEVAR) Using the Magellan System Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, January 31, 2013
17 Safety and Feasibility of Robotic Percutaneous Coronary Intervention PRECISE (Percutaneous Robotically-Enhanced Coronary Intervention) Study JACC - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, April 12, 2013
18 Impact of a Protocol Advocating Dexmedetomidine Over Propofol Sedation After Robotic-Assisted Direct Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery on Duration of Mechanical Ventilation and Patient Safety Annals of Pharmacotherapy, April 5, 2013
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