The impact of preoperative venous thromboembolism on patients undergoing TURBT: Perioperative outcomes and healthcare costs from US insurance claims data by Anas S. Tresh, Francesco Del Giudice, Shufeng Li, Satvir Basran, Ettore De Berardinis, Dalila Carino, Valerio Santarelli, Bernardo Rocco, Maria Chiara Shighinolfi, Roman Mayr, Matteo Ferro, Riccardo Autorino, Gabriele Bignante, Felice Crocetto, Biagio Barone, Renate Pichler, José Daniel Subiela, Jorge Caño Velasco, Marco Moschini, Andrea Mari, Andrea Gallioli, Francesco Soria, Simone Albisinni, Wojciech Krajewski, Jan Łaszkiewicz, Łukasz Nowak, Tomasz Szydełko, Benjamin Challacombe, Rajesh Nair, Benjamin I. Chung

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Symphysis Pubis Osteomyelitis: An Uncommon Complication after Robotic Assisted Radical Prostatectomy—Case Description with Literature Review by Jad A. Degheili, Mazen M. Mansour, Rami W. Nasr

“…Although osteomyelitis of the pubis symphysis has been reported after endoscopic urological procedures such as transurethral resection of the prostate, it has rarely been reported after robotic surgeries. We hereby report, to the best of our knowledge, the first osteomyelitis of the pubis symphysis, after robotic prostatectomy, in a patient with prostate cancer and no previous radiation therapy.…”
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Exoscope-assisted spine surgery: Current applications and future directions–A short review by Tomas Ferreira, Sakshi Roy, Joecelyn Kirani Tan, Wireko Andrew Awuah, Vallabh Shet, Favour Tope Adebusoye, Adrenito Nicolas, Toufik Abdul-Rahman

“…Over the years, spine surgery has seen advancements such as minimally invasive techniques with operative microscopes and robotic surgeries. These techniques, however, demand better visualisation during the procedure. …”
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Feasibility and accuracy of continuous intraabdominal pressure monitoring with a capsular device in human pilot trial by Chien-Hung Liao, David A. Spain, Chih-Chi Chen, Chi-Tung Cheng, Wei-Cheng Lin, Dong-Ru Ho, Heng-Fu Lin, Fausto Catena

“…Patients undergoing laparoscopic or robotic surgeries were recruited. During surgery, we created pneumoperitoneum by inflating CO2 into the peritoneal cavity and IAP was simultaneously monitored using both the ingestible capsules and intravesical measurements from Foley catheter. …”
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