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Array of Robots Augmenting the KiNematics of Endoluminal Surgery (ARAKNES)
Start date: May 1, 2008, End date: Oct 31, 2012,
ARAKNES stems from the innovative idea to transfer the technologies of bi-manual laparoscopic surgery to the endoluminal surgical approach, thus further reducing the operative trauma and enhancing the therapeutic outcome of minimally invasive surgical procedures for morbid obesity and gastro-esophageal reflux. The worldwide number of bypass surgeries for obesity is predicted to rise up to 1.3 mill ...
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PAtient Specific Simulation and PreOperative Realistic Training for liver surgery (PASSPORT)
Start date: Jun 1, 2008, End date: Nov 30, 2011,
In 2006, over 45.000 European citizens died of cirrhosis of the liver and 44,000 additional citizens of liver cancer, knowing that the same year 48,700 new liver cancer cases were declared. Surgical procedures remain the options that offer the foremost success rate against such pathologies. Regretfully, surgery is not so frequent due to several limitations. Indeed, eligibility for liver surgery is ...
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