Online video versus face-to-face patient-surgeon consultation: a systematic review.

Background: Online video consultation (OVC) is increasingly used in patient-surgeon pre-surgical and follow-up consultation but a comprehensive review assessing its benefits and downsides as compared to face-to-face (F2F) consultation is currently lacking. This systematic review evaluated the effectiveness of OVC as compared to F2F consultation.

Methods: A literature search (Ovid/Medline, Embase, and Clarivate Analytics/Web of Science Core Collection) was conducted including studies comparing efficacy, patient and surgeon satisfaction, and information recall between OVC and F2F patient-surgeon consultation (inception-December 4, 2023).

Robotic hepaticojejunostomy training in novices using robotic simulation and dry-lab suturing (ROSIM): randomized controlled crossover trial.

Background: Robotic suturing training is in increasing demand and can be done using suture-pads or robotic simulation training. Robotic simulation is less cumbersome, whereas a robotic suture-pad approach could be more effective but is more costly. A training curriculum with crossover between both approaches may be a practical solution.

Surgical optomics: hyperspectral imaging and deep learning towards precision intraoperative automatic tissue recognition-results from the EX-MACHYNA trial.

Background: Hyperspectral imaging (HSI), combined with machine learning, can help to identify characteristic tissue signatures enabling automatic tissue recognition during surgery. This study aims to develop the first HSI-based automatic abdominal tissue recognition with human data in a prospective bi-center setting.

Methods: Data were collected from patients undergoing elective open abdominal surgery at two international tertiary referral hospitals from September 2020 to June 2021.

Robotic D3 Partial Duodenal Resection with Primary Side-to-Side Anastomosis.

Duodenal stenosis is a condition that can be related to several diseases, being either intrinsic, such as neoplasm and inflammatory stenosis, or extrinsic, such as pancreatic pseudocyst, superior mesenteric artery syndrome, and foreign bodies. Current treatments range from endoscopic approaches, such as endoscopic resection and stent placement, to surgical approaches, including duodenal resection, pancreaticoduodenectomy, and gastrointestinal bypass. Minimally invasive robot-assisted surgery is gaining importance due to its potential to decrease surgical stress, intraoperative blood loss, and postoperative pain, while its instruments and 3D-vision facilitate fine dissection and intra-abdominal suturing, all leading to a reduced time to functional recovery and shorter hospital stay.

Treatment strategies to prevent or mitigate the outcome of postpancreatectomy hemorrhage: a review of randomized trials.

Background: Postpancreatectomy hemorrhage (PPH) is a leading cause for surgical mortality after pancreatic surgery. Several strategies for the prevention and management of PPH have been studied in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) but a systematic review is lacking. The authors systematically reviewed RCTs regarding the impact of treatment strategies on the incidence and outcome of PPH.

Evaluation of cost-effectiveness among open, laparoscopic and robotic distal pancreatectomy: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: The cost-effectiveness of minimally invasive distal pancreatectomy (MIDP) is still a matter of debate. This study compares the cost-effectiveness of open (ODP), laparoscopic (LDP) and robotic distal pancreatectomy (RDP).

Methods: Pubmed, Web of Science and Cochrane Library databases were searched.