Towards the Future of Surgery

Towards the Future of Surgery
Author: Jacopo Martellucci
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024-04-15
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9783031476228

The book provides an overview of the characteristics and skills – both technical and soft - needed to become the surgical leaders of tomorrow. During the COVID pandemic, the methodological weakness in accessing and disseminating information in has become evident: this has fostered the digital development and has favoured the creation of networks and communities of individuals (not only physicians or surgeons) pointing the way to global knowledge sharing. The development of the technological offer applied to surgery has been very rapid, with the integration of minimally invasive and robotic surgery with artificial intelligence and computerization of decision-making processes, up to the extreme limit of space surgery. However, in the future of this discipline surgeons will no longer need to consider only improved access to knowledge and evolution of technology, as a great challenge will be represented by the parallel development of non-technical skills (leadership, communication, team-working) and by the careful application of healthcare management principles to clinical practice. Finally, in the near future (but already in the present), it will be impossible to ignore the economic impact of high-tech care and equity in access to care. The book describes a journey, which starts from the history of surgical education to cross the most relevant perspectives of present and future, exploring new learning models, the thousand applications of artificial intelligence, and surgical technology to the space and back.

Artificial Intelligence in Surgery: Understanding the Role of AI in Surgical Practice

Artificial Intelligence in Surgery: Understanding the Role of AI in Surgical Practice
Author: Daniel A. Hashimoto
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2021-03-08
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1260452743

Build a solid foundation in surgical AI with this engaging, comprehensive guide for AI novices Machine learning, neural networks, and computer vision in surgical education, practice, and research will soon be de rigueur. Written for surgeons without a background in math or computer science, Artificial Intelligence in Surgery provides everything you need to evaluate new technologies and make the right decisions about bringing AI into your practice. Comprehensive and easy to understand, this first-of-its-kind resource illustrates the use of AI in surgery through real-life examples. It covers the issues most relevant to your practice, including: Neural Networks and Deep Learning Natural Language Processing Computer Vision Surgical Education and Simulation Preoperative Risk Stratification Intraoperative Video Analysis OR Black Box and Tracking of Intraoperative Events Artificial Intelligence and Robotic Surgery Natural Language Processing for Clinical Documentation Leveraging Artificial Intelligence in the EMR Ethical Implications of Artificial Intelligence in Surgery Artificial Intelligence and Health Policy Assessing Strengths and Weaknesses of Artificial Intelligence Research Finally, the appendix includes a detailed glossary of terms and important learning resources and techniques―all of which helps you interpret claims made by studies or companies using AI.

Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (Volume 1)

Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (Volume 1)
Author: Haile T. Debas
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 445
Release: 2015-03-23
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1464803676

Essential Surgery is part of a nine volume series for Disease Control Priorities which focuses on health interventions intended to reduce morbidity and mortality. The Essential Surgery volume focuses on four key aspects including global financial responsibility, emergency procedures, essential services organization and cost analysis.

Handbook of Robotic and Image-Guided Surgery

Handbook of Robotic and Image-Guided Surgery
Author: Mohammad Abedin-Nasab
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 752
Release: 2019-09-25
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0128142464

Handbook of Robotic and Image-Guided Surgery provides state-of-the-art systems and methods for robotic and computer-assisted surgeries. In this masterpiece, contributions of 169 researchers from 19 countries have been gathered to provide 38 chapters. This handbook is 744 pages, includes 659 figures and 61 videos. It also provides basic medical knowledge for engineers and basic engineering principles for surgeons. A key strength of this text is the fusion of engineering, radiology, and surgical principles into one book. A thorough and in-depth handbook on surgical robotics and image-guided surgery which includes both fundamentals and advances in the field A comprehensive reference on robot-assisted laparoscopic, orthopedic, and head-and-neck surgeries Chapters are contributed by worldwide experts from both engineering and surgical backgrounds

The Route to Patient Safety in Robotic Surgery

The Route to Patient Safety in Robotic Surgery
Author: Lorenzo Grespan
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2018-12-13
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3030030202

The introduction of a new technology in a consolidated field has the potential to disrupt usual practices and create a fertile ground for errors. An example is robotic surgery that is now used in most surgical specialties, pushed by technology developers and enthusiastic surgeons. To analyze the potential impact of robotic surgery on patient safety, a consortium of major European Universities started the project SAFROS whose findings are summarized and further elaborated in the three parts of this book. Part one describes safety in complex systems such as surgery, how this may disrupt the traditional surgical workflow, how safety can be monitored, and the research questions that must be posed. Part two of the book describes the main findings of this research, by identifying the risks of robotic surgery and by describing where its ancillary technologies may fail. This part addresses features and evaluation of anatomic imaging and modeling, actions in the operating room, robot monitoring and control, operator interface, and surgical training. Part three of the book draws the conclusions and offers suggestions on how to limit the risks of medical errors. One possible approach is to use automation to monitor and execute parts of an intervention, thus suggesting that robotics and artificial intelligence will be major elements of the operating room of the future.

3D Printing in Medicine

3D Printing in Medicine
Author: Frank J. Rybicki
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 139
Release: 2017-09-27
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3319619241

This book describes the fundamentals of three-dimensional (3D) printing, addresses the practical aspects of establishing a 3D printing service in a medical facility, and explains the enormous potential value of rendering images as 3D printed models capable of providing tactile feedback and tangible information on both anatomic and pathologic states. Individual chapters also focus on selected areas of applications for 3D printing, including musculoskeletal, craniomaxillofacial, cardiovascular, and neurosurgery applications. Challenges and opportunities related to training, materials and equipment, and guidelines are addressed, and the overall costs of a 3D printing lab and the balancing of these costs against clinical benefits are discussed. Radiologists, surgeons, and other physicians will find this book to be a rich source of information on the practicalities and expanding medical applications of 3D printing.

Leadership in Surgery

Leadership in Surgery
Author: Melina R. Kibbe
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2015-04-20
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3319111078

How does one become a successful leader? This book teaches the theories and concepts behind leadership and explains the skills and traits needed to become a good leader. Teaching surgical faculty and trainees (i.e., residents and fellows) how to successfully lead will create more effective surgeon leaders. The skills and theories reviewed in this Volume are highly useful for numerous leadership situations, ranging from heading a committee, leading a research laboratory, directing a clinical effort, leading a Division, leading a Department, among others. By gathering these skills and theories into one comprehensive, portable book, more readers will have access to them.

The Invention of Surgery

The Invention of Surgery
Author: David Schneider
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2020-03-03
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1643133896

Written by an author with plenty of experience holding a scalpel, Dr. David Schneider’s The Invention of Surgery is an in-depth biography of the practice that has leapt forward over the centuries from the dangerous guesswork of ancient Greek physicians through the world-changing developments of anesthesia and antiseptic operating rooms to the “implant revolution” of the twentieth century.The Invention of Surgery is history of surgery that explains this dramatic, world-changing progress and highlights the personalities of the discipline's most dynamic historical figures. It links together the lives of the pioneering scientists who first understood what causes disease and how surgery could powerfully intercede in people’s lives, and then shows how the rise of surgery intersected with many of the greatest medical breakthroughs of the last century. And as Schneider argues, surgery has not finished transforming; new technologies are constantly reinventing both the practice of surgery and the nature of the objects we are permanently implanting in our bodies. Schneider considers these latest developments, asking “What’s next?” and analyzing how our conception of surgery has changed alongside our evolving ideas of medicine, technology, and our bodies.