Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has been widely accepted, and because of its many benefits,
other intra-abdominal operations are now being done laparoscopically. We felt the next …

Single port access surgery (SPAS) presents surgeons with added challenges that require
new surgical tools and surgical assistance systems with unique capabilities. To address these …

Objective To evaluate the feasibility and potential benefits of hand-assisted laparoscopic
surgery with the HandPort System, a new device. Summary Background Data In hand-assisted …

This paper presents a novel design and preliminary kinematic analysis of an insertable
robotic effector platform (IREP) for single port access (SPA) surgery. The IREP robot can be …

BACKGROUND: The Global Operative Assessment of Laparoscopic Skills (GOALS),
developed by Vassiliou and colleagues, has construct validity in the assessment of surgical …

Mortality and morbidity from head trauma have been substantially reduced by improved
prehospital care and aggressive diagnostic and therapeutic management. However, a …

In this paper we describe work we have done in developing an insertable surgical imaging
device with multiple degrees of freedom for minimally invasive surgery. The device is fully …

Perforated sigmoid diverticulitis often results in the patient under-going a sigmoid resection,
closure of the rectal stump, and an end sigmoid colostomy. To reestablish intestinal …

PURPOSE: To determine whether LapSim training (version 3.0; Surgical Science Ltd,
Göteborg, Sweden) to criteria for novice PGY1 surgical residents had predictive validity for …

Background The acquisition of technical skills is one of the fundamental goals of postgraduate
surgical training; however, validation and utilization of objective tools to assess the …