Prospect of robotic assistance for fully automated brachytherapy seed placement into skull base: Experimental validation in phantom and cadaver.

Background And Purpose: To investigate the feasibility and accuracy of robot-assisted brachytherapy for skull base tumours.

Material And Methods: A custom robot system was tested on both phantom and cadaveric specimen. Cone beam CT (CBCT) images were transferred to the graphical user interface (GUI) for planning trajectories and the data were sent to the robot control unit.

Performance of Robotic Assistance for Skull Base Biopsy: A Phantom Study.

 This study aims to evaluate the feasibility of a custom robot system guided by optical cone beam computed tomography (CBCT)-based navigation for skull base biopsy.  An accuracy study was conducted.  Platform for navigation and robot-aided surgery technology.

PROTECTIVE EFFECT OF VANILLIC ACID ON OVARIECTOMY-INDUCED OSTEOPOROSIS IN RATS.

Background: The need for an anti-osteoporotic agent is in high demand since osteoporosis contributes to high rates of disability or impairment (high osteoporotic fracture), morbidity and mortality. Hence, the present study is designed to evaluate the protective effects of vanillic acid (VA) against bilateral ovariectomy-induced osteoporosis in female Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats.

Materials And Methods: Forty healthy female adult SD rats were separated in to four groups with sham-operated control with bilateral laprotomy (Sham; = 10), bilateral overiectomy (OVX; = 10) group, OVX rats were orallay administrated with 50 mg/kg b.

[Progress on the minimally invasive surgical treatment for the acute Achilles tendon rupture].

Acute Achilles tendon rupture is a common sports injury, is currently the best treatment for acute Achilles tendon rupture there are more controversial programs in the clinical, their treatment is divided into conservative treatment and surgical treatment. Conservative treatment for a long time, and then the higher Achilles tendon rupture rate, postoperative recovery slow. There are a number of complications traditional open surgery, and minimally invasive surgery in recent years developed a new technology that minimizes the exposure of the wound, reduce surgical trauma scope, shorten the operation time and reduce wound infection rate increasing importance in clinical practice, worthy of recommendation.