Surgery: Research and Technological Advances — Cutting-edge Medicine and Surgery

Surgery · Clinical Specialties

How it begins

An exhaustive, methodological and interdisciplinary compendium on the mechanical, digital, bioengineering and molecular advances that redefine modern surgical praxis and perioperative medicine.

What it covers

1. Advances and New Surgical Frontiers
2. Surgical Research Methodology
3. · The IDEAL Methodological Framework
4. · The Placebo Paradox (Sham Surgery) in Research
5. · CUSUM Analysis for Quality Control
6. Pathophysiology of Minimal Invasion
7. · Insufflation and Systemic Physiology
8. · The Inflammatory and Acute Phase Cascade
9. · Splanchnic Microcirculation and Ischemia-Reperfusion
10. Robotic and Kinematic Surgery
11. · The Kinematics of the Robotic Arm
12. · Degrees of Freedom and End Effectors (EndoWrist)
13. · Partial Autonomy: The STAR Project
14. Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision and Machine Learning
15. · Computer Vision in the Smart Operating Room
16. · Classification of Surgical Events in Real Time (Surgical Process Models)
17. · Clinical Data Integration and Preoperative Prediction
18. Immersive Realities and Surgical Navigation
19. · Holographic Planning and Three-Dimensional Reconstruction
20. · Stereotaxic Navigation Systems
21. · Tissue Deformation Compensation ("Brain Shift" and "Tissue Drift")
22. Fluorescence Guided Surgery
23. · Physiology and Optical Properties of Indocyanine Green (ICG)
24. · Clinical Applications of Fluorescence Imaging with ICG
25. · Targeted Selective Fluorescence Agents (Targeted Molecular Imaging)
26. 3D Printing, Biopressure and Allotransplantation of Vascularized Composite Tissues (VCA)
27. · Patient Specific Osteotomy Guidelines (PSI)
28. · 3D Biopressure: Functional Tissue Structures
29. · Allogeneic Vascularized Composite Tissue Transplantation (VCA)
30. Precision Therapies in Surgical Oncology
31. · HIPEC: Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy
32. · PIPAC: Pressurized Intraperitoneal Aerosol Chemotherapy
33. · Comparative Efficacy of Intraperitoneal Therapies
34. Biomaterials, Bioengineering and Nanosurgery
35. · Active Hemostatic Agents and Biological Sealants
36. · Decellularized Extracellular Matrices (dECM)
37. · Nanotechnology and Precision Surgery (Nanosurgery)
38. Genetic Editing and Xenotransplantation
39. · CRISPR-Cas9 as a Technological Enabler for Xenotransplantation
40. · The Pathophysiology of Xenograft Rejection
41. Telesurgery and Global Connectivity
42. · Physics of Latency and Limits of Psychomotor Skills
43. · Advanced Network Architecture: Slicing Networks and Edge Computing
44. · Clinical Milestones: From Operation Lindbergh to Space Surgery
45. Ergonomics, Human Factors and the Surgical Black Box
46. · Comparative Physical Ergonomics of the Surgeon
47. · The Surgical Black Box
48. Precision Anesthesiology and Pathophysiological ERAS Protocol
49. · The ERAS Paradigm (Enhanced Recovery After Surgery)
50. · Goal Guided Water Therapy (GDFT)
51. · Anesthetic Depth Monitoring for the Prevention of Delirium
52. Clinical Borders, Ethical Aspects and Regulation
53. · Robotic Autonomy and the Dilemma of Legal Responsibility
54. · Validation and Regulatory Approval (FDA and CE Marking)
55. · Equity and Distribution in Global Surgery