Introduction: Surgical instrument contamination during total joint replacement is a matter of major concern. Available recommendations suggest changing suction tips, gloves and avoiding light handle manipulation during the ...

Objective: To describe the surgical technique and initial experience with a single-port retroperitoneal renal biopsy (SPRRB).Materials and Methods: Between January and April 2013, five children underwent SPRRB in our ...

PURPOSE: The aim of this paper is to propose a quantitative methodology for determining a criterion to discriminate non-surgical nuclear cataract from surgical ones taking into account objective measures of intraocular ...

The pose estimation of a surgical instrument is a common problem in the new needs of medical science. Many instrument tracking methods use markers with a known geometry that allows for solving the instrument pose as detected ...

Purpose: This study was conducted to comparatively evaluate, in a prospective and randomized manner, 2 techniques for providing double-gloving protection during arch bar placement for intermaxillary fixation. Materials and ...

Purpose: This study was conducted to comparatively evaluate, in a prospective and randomized manner, 2 techniques for providing double-gloving protection during arch bar placement for intermaxillary fixation. Materials and ...