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World's first reported laparoscopic single-port distal pancreatic surgery
– A team of abdominal surgeons at The Interventional Centre, led by Bjørn Edwin MD,PhD, has performed a laparoscopic distal pancreatic tumor removal and splenectomy using only one single incision. The team was the first in the world to report on use of this particular minimally invasive surgical access for this type of complex laparoscopy. The new, specially designed quad-port trocar device used for surgical intruments access was placed in the patients umbilicus. Customized, curved laparoscopic instruments were used to perform the surgery in a surgical procedure normally requiring at least 4 to 5 separate instrument trocars. By this technique the patient is left with less surgical scars, and the postoperative pain will be reduced due to less surgical trauma caused by the procedure. On the image the single trocar and the curved instruments (on the video screen) can be seen. An image of the post-operative surgical scar and the quad-port trocar can be seen in the Read More>> section.
Article from The Interventional Centre in Physiological Measurements 2009 Highlights
– Physiological Measurements has made a special collection of top rated papers that represents the excellence of the work published in 2009. Among the 13 papers selected for the presentation of outstanding new research was the article Validation of cardiac accelerometer sensor measurements written by Espen W Remme1, Lars Hoff2, Per Steinar Halvorsen1, Edvard Nærum1, Helge Skulstad3, Lars A Fleischer2, Ole Jakob Elle1 and Erik Fosse1. Author affiliations 1: The Interventional Centre, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway. 2:Vestfold University College, Tønserg, Norway. 3: Department of Cardiology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway. The full text paper may be freely downloaded. The article describes a study where the group of researchers has investigated the accuracy of an accelerometer sensor designed for the measurement of cardiac motion and automatic detection of motion abnormalities caused by myocardial ischaemia. The video shows a robot arm attached next to the sensor. In this setup, both the robot and the sensor recorded the motion of the heart, which facilitated comparison of the sensor measurements with the robot.
BWSN 2 Project final demo
– This is a video from the final demo of the BWSN2 (Biomedical Wireless Sensor Network) Project. The project objective was to implement wireless sensors from multiple vendors on a commercial software platform. The 802.15.4 Wireless Personal Area Network radio frequency standard operating in the 2.4 GHz ISM band was used in the project. The Scandinavian BWSN2 Consortium consisted of sensor developers, research institutes and the clinical test facilities at The Interventional Centre. MemsCap as, SINTEF IKT and Novelda as came from Norway. From Finland VTT participated. From Sweden Novosense AB, Imego and Millicore AB participated, and from Denmark Delta. The sensor portfolio was implemented on software from the Norwegian company Imatis as. The project was funded by SNN and NICe
Local organiser of School-of-MRI from the Interventional Centre
– ESMRMB - European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology has placed its School-of-MRI in Oslo from June 3-5th 2010. More information and online registration is available from the course website. The cource topics are Advanced Neuro Imaging - Diffusion, Perfusion, Spectroscopy. Local Organiser is professor Atle Bjørnerud from the Interventional Centre, and the course venue is Oslo Univerity Hospital. The aim of this course is to convey in-depth knowledge about advanced functional MR techniques for imaging of the central nervous system. The combination of MR physics (at a level for radiologists) and clinical applications in this course provides an excellent opportunity to improve the understanding as well as the clinical interpretation of diffusion-and perfusion-MRI and MR spectroscopy.
New PhD on Patient-reported outcomes after on-pump and off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery
– On January 20th 2010 Lars Mathisen defended his thesis from the Interventional Centre and Dept. of Thorasic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet and Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo. The evaluation committee consisted of 1.opponent professor, Emerita Judy Watt-Watson, Centre for Advanced Studies in Professional Practice, University of Torointo, Canada, 2. opponent professor Rune Haaverstad, Dept. of Thorasic Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital and committee leader profesor Theis Tønnessen, Dept. of Thorasic Surgery, Institute for Hospital Medicine, University of Oslo. The dissertation was lead by the University representative professor Lars Gullestad from Department of Cardiology, Institute for Hospital Medicine, University of Oslo. The quality of life studies performed by Lars Mathisen was based on follow-up studies of patients enrolled in the Off-pump project, a randomized clinical trial comparing off-pump and on-pump coronary artery bypass surgery. So far 5 PhD's has been produced by this project material. Abstact; ”Patient-reported outcomes after on-pump and off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery” Patients’ self-report of symptoms, health status and overall quality of life reflects the experience of ischemic heart disease, as well as the impact of coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG).

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