Robotic major hepatectomy: is there a learning curve?

PD Chen, CY Wu, RH Hu, CN Chen, RH Yuan… - Surgery, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Robotic hepatectomy has been suggested as a safe and effective management
of liver disease. However, no large case series have documented the learning curve for …

Robotic versus open hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma: a matched comparison

PD Chen, CY Wu, RH Hu, WH Chou, HS Lai… - Annals of surgical …, 2017 - Springer
Background Robotic hepatectomy has been suggested to be a safe and effective approach
for liver disease; however, studies comparing robotic hepatectomy with the conventional …

Almost one in five physiotherapy trials excluded people due to lack of language proficiency: A meta-epidemiological study

Q Chen, CMS Medina, CG Maher, GE Ferreira… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objectives The objective of the study was to examine the characteristics of randomized
controlled trials (RCTs) evaluating physiotherapy interventions for low back pain (LBP) that …

Randomized controlled trials comparing surgery to non-operative management in neurosurgery: a systematic review

E Martin, IS Muskens, JT Senders, AC DiRisio… - Acta …, 2019 - Springer
Background A randomized controlled trial (RCT) remains the pinnacle of clinical research
design. However, RCTs in neurosurgery, especially those comparing surgery to non …

[HTML][HTML] Robotic major liver resections: Surgical outcomes compared with open major liver resections

HY Yang, SY Rho, JS Choi… - Annals of Hepato-biliary …, 2021 - synapse.koreamed.org
Methods From January 2009 to October 2018, 70 patients underwent robotic major liver
resections, which included conventional major liver resections and right sectionectomy. The …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison between robotic-assisted and laparoscopic left hemi-hepatectomy

JP Cai, W Chen, LH Chen, XY Wan, JM Lai… - Asian Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective To compare the safety and short-term outcomes between robotic-assisted and
laparoscopic left hemi-hepatectomies in a single academic medical center. Methods A …

Systematic review of the quantity and quality of randomized clinical trials in pancreatic surgery

FJ Hüttner, L Capdeville, F Pianka… - Journal of British …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background RCTs are considered the reference standard in clinical research. However,
surgical RCTs pose specific challenges and therefore numbers have been lower than those …

Evidence map** of randomized clinical trials in hepatobiliary surgery

A Majlesara, E Aminizadeh, A Ramouz… - British Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Methods This systematic review complies with the PRISMA statement. MEDLINE and Web of
Science were searched for RCTs published until December 2021 that evaluated surgical …

A mixed methods case study investigating how randomised controlled trials (RCTs) are reported, understood and interpreted in practice

BE Byrne, L Rooshenas, HS Lambert… - BMC Medical Research …, 2020 - Springer
Background While randomised controlled trials (RCTs) provide high-quality evidence to
guide practice, much routine care is not based upon available RCTs. This disconnect …

[HTML][HTML] Investigations of robotics and laparoscopy in minimally invasive hepatectomy

J Wang, Y Chen, S **a, X Qin, S Liu, H Ren - Biomedical Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
The concept of minimally invasive liver surgery has been widely accepted due to the
advantages of fast recovery. Robotic hepatectomy is different from laparoscopic …