Automated surgical step recognition in transurethral bladder tumor resection using artificial intelligence: transfer learning across surgical modalities.

Objective: Automated surgical step recognition (SSR) using AI has been a catalyst in the "digitization" of surgery. However, progress has been limited to laparoscopy, with relatively few SSR tools in endoscopic surgery. This study aimed to create a SSR model for transurethral resection of bladder tumors (TURBT), leveraging a novel application of transfer learning to reduce video dataset requirements.

Automated Identification of Key Steps in Robotic-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy Using Artificial Intelligence.

Purpose: The widespread use of minimally invasive surgery generates vast amounts of potentially useful data in the form of surgical video. However, raw video footage is often unstructured and unlabeled, thereby limiting its use. We developed a novel computer-vision algorithm for automated identification and labeling of surgical steps during robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP).

A novel high accuracy model for automatic surgical workflow recognition using artificial intelligence in laparoscopic totally extraperitoneal inguinal hernia repair (TEP).

Introduction: Artificial intelligence and computer vision are revolutionizing the way we perceive video analysis in minimally invasive surgery. This emerging technology has increasingly been leveraged successfully for video segmentation, documentation, education, and formative assessment. New, sophisticated platforms allow pre-determined segments chosen by surgeons to be automatically presented without the need to review entire videos.

Navigated Endoport in the Purely Endoscopic Microsurgery of Intraventricular and Other Deep-Seated Brain Lesions: A Case Report.

Objective: Brain parenchyma retraction is often necessary to reach various deep brain lesions during surgery. In order to minimise the incidence of the brain retraction injury, an endoport system may be employed. We present a report of a navigated endoport system in conjunction with an purely endoscopic microsurgery that was used in a patient with a deep-seated subependymoma.