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Large open surgical approaches are being extensively replaced by endoscopic and robotic techniques. Yet, these developments have not been paralleled by the necessary improvements in tissue adaptation, fusion or fixation. In order to advance the surgical ar ...
Technological advances of the last decades enabled the development of a set of new medical techniques that differ from traditional open surgery. These techniques, referred to as minimally invasive surgery (MIS), involve complex instruments and imaging devi ...
The objective of this investigation was to evaluate the effect of ancrod, a fibrinogenolytic protease from Malayan pit viper venom, locally delivered through a photopolymerized biodegradable hydrogel in preventing postoperative adhesions. The experimental ...
Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) methods have revolutionized surgical care, considerably improving the results of many surgical procedures. Technological advances, in particular in robotic surgical systems, have reduced the complexity of this surgical meth ...
[...] Peritoneal adhesions are pathological fibrous structures that connect together organ and membrane at sites where the peritoneum is damaged. Post-operative adhesions forming after abdominal surgery have a very high occurrence and can develop painful a ...
Background The surgical treatment of liver tumours relies on precise localization of the lesions and detailed knowledge of the patient-specific vascular and biliary anatomy. Detailed three-dimensional (3D) anatomical information facilitates complete tumour ...
