Epistemis

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

Surgery · Clinical Specialties

How it begins

Un compendio exhaustivo, metodológico e interdisciplinar sobre los avances mecánicos, digitales, bioingenieriles y moleculares que redefinen la praxis quirúrgica moderna y la medicina perioperatoria.

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

The complete study guide is in the app

This page summarizes the outline. The full interactive study guide —with high-yield diagrams, clinical tables, and board review cases— can be read inside Epistemis, completely offline and ad-free.

Subject
Surgery
Category
Clinical Specialties
Type
Study Guide
Sections
55
Reviewed
2026-08-02
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