Original Article: Evaluating the Degree of Difficulty of Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery

Objective To quantify the degree of overall difficulty and the difficulty of each of the individual steps involved in the performance of laparoscopic colorectal procedures.

DaVinci Origami

In the following video Dr. Norihiko Ishikawa from the Department of Telesurgery and Geomedicine at the University of Kanazawa uses the da Vinci robotic surgical system to fold origami cranes.

Telesurgerical robo-origami

Japan excels at creation things at things your never thought you needsuch as telesurgery robot made origami.

Origami using Surgery Robot

Using the Da Vinci Robotic system from Intuitive Surgical , a surgeon at the Department of Telesurgery of Kanazawa University in Japan showed off its abilities and his by creating a tiny origami crane no bigger ...

ANNOUNCEMENT: New International Advisory Board Member Announcement

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business briefs

Tonya Ditsworth, team leader of the St. Charles-based 217-HOME Team of Charles Rutenberg Realty, has announced a partnership with Realtor Lisa Marrera.

Thought Leaders in Morbid Obesity Treatment Convene at Upcoming Surgical Conference

MONTVALE, N.J., Jan. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Anticipation is building in the surgical community and among industry sponsors for the Eighth Annual Minimally Invasive Surgery Symposium February 18-23, 2008 in ...