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Is There Room for Microsurgery in Robotic Surgery?

Abstract Robotic surgery opened a new era of minimally-invasive procedures, through its improved precision, elimination of tremors, greater degrees of freedom, and other facilitating aspects. The field of robotic microsurgery showed great growth in recent years in particular, since robotics offers a pote...

Terapia descongestiva como complemento a la cirugía de anastomosis linfáticovenosas y transferencia de linfonodos vascularizados: Una revisión de la literatura

Rev. cir. (Impr.); 74 (4), 2022
Resumen Introducción: El linfedema es una enfermedad inflamatoria crónica que afecta cerca de 250 millones de personas en el mundo. El tratamiento tradicional es la terapia descongestiva. Últimamente, existe la opción de complementar el tratamiento tradicional con procedimientos quirúrgicos fisioló...

Endoscopic transsphenoidal endonasal surgery in pituitary adenomas

The pituitary adenomas comprise the largest part of pituitary neoplasms, representing between 9 and 12% of primary brain tumors. Currently, the treatment of election is the surgical, the trans-sphenoidal endonasal path has provided a broader panoramic view, being feasible more delicate and safe procedure...

Microcirugía mínimamente invasiva para aneurisma de la arteria comunicante anterior: abordaje supraorbitario lateral más angiografía con fluoresceína intraoperatoria

Rev. méd. hered; 33 (1), 2022
RESUMEN Los aneurismas de la arteria comunicante anterior son complejos y requieren de tratamiento endovascular o microquirúrgico según sus características. El uso de enfoques mínimamente invasivos en microcirugía continúa evolucionando. Presentamos el caso de un paciente de 34 años con un aneuris...

External Delta Fixator in the Postoperative Management of Microsurgical Flaps in the Lower Limb: Experience of a Tertiary Hospital

Abstract Objective To evaluate the use of external fixators in the delta-type kickstand configuration as an adjuvant method in the postoperative period of patients submitted to free flaps in the lower limbs. Methods A total of 17 external delta fixators were used in patients submitted to free flaps in ...

Implementación de las escalas de evaluación formativa OSATS en habilidades técnicas aplicadas en el laboratorio de microcirugía

Rev. colomb. cir; 37 (2), 2022
Introducción. La simulación como estrategia de aprendizaje activo se ha constituido en una herramienta centrada en el estudiante, para la construcción de aprendizajes en entornos seguros y el perfeccionamiento de sus habilidades técnicas. La evaluación objetiva estructurada de habilidades té...

Anatomical description of the extratemporal facial nerve under high-definition system: a microsurgical study in rats

Acta cir. bras; 37 (8), 2022
Purpose: To describe the microsurgical anatomical aspects of the extratemporal facial nerve of Wistar rats under a high-definition video system. Methods: Ten male Wistar rats (12–15 weeks old), without veterinary diseases, weighing 220–280 g, were used in this study. All animals in this study were s...

Microsurgery versus embolization: different risk factors for short- and long- term outcomes of patients with ruptured aneurysms

Acta cir. bras; 37 (8), 2022
Purpose: To evaluate the risk factors for poor outcomes after surgical and endovascular treatment of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH). Methods: Patients with ≥ 18-years of age and aSAH were included, while patients who died within 12 h of admission or lost follow-up were excluded. All partici...

Microsurgical arterial anastomosis in young and adult rats: an evolutive and comparative study

Acta cir. bras; 37 (6), 2022
Purpose: To evaluate the caliber of an arterial micro-anastomosis in the young growing animal using a continuous suture technique. Additionally, late morphological changes and blood flows distal to the anastomosis were evaluated. Methods: Seventy-four Wistar rats were submitted to laparotomy to access t...

What came first: the egg or the microsurgery training? An ophthalmic model for developing basic skills in microsurgery

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 81 (), 2022
ABSTRACT Purpose: To describe a new accessible model of ophthalmological training using chicken eggs. Methods: With the aid of a spherical drill, the external calcified layer and the cuticle of the chicken eggshell were removed in a 2cm diameter circle. Using a video-magnification system, the film was ...