Men with high-risk prostate cancer are at significant risk of progressive, symptomatic disease leading to metastases or death from prostate cancer. Surgery-specifically robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP)-is increasingly being considered as a key component of a multimodal strategy to treat these patients. Herein, we review key technical considerations of performing RALP with bila...

IATROGENIC ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION AFTER PELVIC SURGERY: PROSTATECTOMY, COLONIC AND RECTAL SURGERY (ABSTRACT): Radical pelvic surgery: radical prostatectomy, colonic and rectal surgery are iatrogenic causes of erectile dysfunction with major impact on healthrelated quality of life. The major cause of erectile dysfunction in such surgical procedures is cavernous nerve injury that leads to apoptosis...

This paper presents a fuzzy logic design of a tele-control electrical vehicle system. We showed that the application of fuzzy logic control allows the stability of tele-vehicle system in spite of communication delays between the operator and the vehicle. A robust bilateral controller design using fuzzy logic frameworks was proposed. This approach allows a convenient means to trade off robustnes...

INTRODUCTION Bilateral ureteropelvic junction (UPJ) obstruction occurs infrequently. When surgical management is deemed necessary, staged pyeloplasties traditionally have been recommended to minimize the morbidity associated with performing procedures concurrently. With the advent of robotic-assistance, concurrent surgical management can more readily be performed laparoscopically. In this repor...

Abstract Introduction Robotic surgery in the field of abdominal wall is exponentially growing. In this video we will present a step by robotic approach for bilateral inguinoscrotal hernia repair. Clinical case A 79 year-old male with history hypercholesterolemia was diagnosed inguinal hernia. On physical examination, right (EHS classification L3P) and left M1P) were diagnosed. Minimally invasiv...

Robotic surgery, used generally for colorectal cancer, has the advantages of a three-dimensional surgical view, steadiness, and seven degrees of robotic arms. However, there are disadvantages, such as a decreased sense of touch, extra time needed to dock the robotic cart, and high cost. Robotic surgery is performed using various techniques, with or without laparoscopic surgery. Because the resu...

OBJECTIVE Integration of robotic surgical technology into skull base surgery is limited due to minimum angle requirements between robotic tools (narrow funnel effect), steep angle of approach, and instrumentation size. The objectives of this study were to systematically analyze surgical approach portals using a computer model, determine optimal approaches, and assess feasibility of the derived ...