da Vinci Surgical System Publications

Publications in Peer Review Journals:

• Katsavelis D., Siu K.-C., Brown-Clerk B., Lee Y. K., Oleynikov D., Stergiou N. (2008) Validated Robotic Laparoscopic Surgical Training in Virtual Reality. Surgical Endoscopy. (In-Press)
• Brown-Clerk B., Siu K.-C., Katsavelis D., Lee I.H., Oleynikov D., Stergiou N. (2008) Validating Advanced Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Training Task in Virtual Reality. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics 132: 45-49.
• Fiedler MJ, Chen SJ, Judkins TN, Oleynikov D, Stergiou N. (2007) Virtual Reality for Robotic Laparoscopic Surgical Training.  Studies in Health Technology and Informatics 125: 127-9.
• Narazaki K., Oleynikov D., Stergiou N. (2007) Robotic laparoscopy: Objective assessment of proficiency with bimanual inanimate tasks.  Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques. 17(1): 47-52.  VIEW ABSTRACT
• Oleynikov, D., Solomon, B., Hallbeck, S., Effect of Visual Feedback on Surgical Performance Using the Da Vinci Surgical System. Journal of Laparoendoscopy & Advanced Surgical Techniques. 2006 Oct; 16(5): 503-8.
• Judkins T. N., Oleynikov D., Narazaki K., Stergiou N. (2006) Robotic surgery and training: Electromyographic correlates of robotic laparoscopic training. Surgical Endoscopy 20(5): 824-9. VIEW ABSTRACT
• Narazaki K., Oleynikov D., Stergiou N. (2006) Robotic surgery training and performance: identifying objective variables for quantifying the extent of proficiency. Surgical Endoscopy 20(1): 96-103. VIEW ABSTRACT
• Judkins T. N., Oleynikov D., Stergiou N. (2005) Real-time augmented feedback benefits robotic laparoscopic training. Studies In Health Technology and Informatics. 119: 243-8. VIEW ABSTRACT 
• Verner L, Oleynikov D, Holtmann S, Haider H, Zhukov L, Measurements of the Level of Surgical Expertise Using Flight Path Analysis from da Vinci^TM Robotic Surgical System. Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 11, 2003.  373-78.

Conference Publications (Refereed abstract):

• Lee I. H., Siu K.-C., Mukherjee M., James E., Oleynikov D., Stergiou N. (2008) Examination of a Novel Robot-Assisted Surgical Training Program by Comparing Subjective and Objective Evaluations. 94th Annual Clinical Congress. American College of Surgeons. San Francisco, California. (Under Review)
• Lee I. H., Siu K.-C., Mukherjee M., Oleynikov D., Stergiou N. (2008) A Novel Training Program for Learning Robot-Assisted Surgery.  Proceedings of the North American Society for Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity. Niagara Falls, Ontario.
• Lee I. H., Siu K.-C., Katsavelis D., Oleynikov D., Stergiou N. (2008). Nonlinear Analysis Quantifies Learning in Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery. Proceedings of the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 
• Siu K.-C., Brown-Clerk B., Lee I.H., Katsavelis D., Oleynikov D., Stergiou N. (2007) The Negative Impcat of Noisy Environment on Robotic Surgery.  Proceedings of the Neuroscience 37th Annual Meeting, San Diego, California. (Under Review)
• Brown-Clerk B., Siu K.-C., Katsavelis D., Lee I. H., Oleynikov D., Stergiou N. (2007) Electromyographic Activity Determines Task Difficulty for Robotic Laparoscopic Training Programs.  Proceedings of the XXIth Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics. Taipei, Taiwan.
• Siu K.-C., Lee I. H., Brown-Clerk B., Katsavelis D., Oleynikov D., Stergiou N. (2007) Nonlinear Analysis Validate the Need to Learn Surgical Skill. North American Proceedings of the North American Society for Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity.  San Diego, California.
• Katsavelis D., Siu K.-C., Brown-Clerk B., Lee I.H., Oleynikov D., Stergiou N. (2007) Learning Robotic Surgical Skills with a Virtual Reality Environment. Proceedings of the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity. San Diego, California.
• Siu K.-C., Brown-Clerk B., Katsavelis D., Lee I. H., Oleynikov D., Stergiou N. (2007) Validated Robotic Laparoscopic Surgical Training in Virtual Reality Environment. Proceedings of the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada . - under review.
• Fiedler M. J., Chen S.-J., Judkins T. N., Oleynikov D., Stergiou N. (2006) Virtual Reality for Robotic Laparoscopic Surgical Training. Proceedings of the 14th Annual Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference. Long Beach, California.
• Judkins T. N., Oleynikov D., Stergiou N. (2006) Robotic Surgery and Training: Does Augmented Feedback Help Retain Performance? Proceedings of the 30th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics. Blacksurg, Virginia.
• Narazaki K., Oleynikov D., DiMartino A., Rentschler M., Stergiou N. (2005) Objective Quantification of Proficiency in Robotic Laparoscopy with Bimanual Inanimate Tasks. Proceedings of the 13th Annual Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference, Long Beach, California.
• Judkins T. N., Narazaki K, Oleynikov D., Stergiou N. (2005) Electromyographic Frequency Response of Robotic Laparoscopic Training. The 9th IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotic. Chicago, Illinois.
• Judkins, T.N., Narazaki, K., Oleynikov, D., Stergiou, N. (2005). Electromyographic correlates of robotic laparoscopic training. Proceedings of the XXth Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics and 29th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics,Cleveland, Ohio.
• Narazaki, K., Oleynikov, D., Pandorf, J.J., Stergiou, N. (2005). Training and performance of robotic laparoscopy: Electromyographic analysis to quantify the extent of proficiency. Proceedings of the XXth Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics and 29th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics, Cleveland, Ohio.
• Narazaki, K., Oleynikov, D., DiMartino, A., Zebrowski, B.K., Shah, S., Stergiou, N. (2005). Objective assessment of proficiency in robotic laparoscopy. Proceedings of the Nebraska Biomedical Engineering Workshop 17th Annual Meeting, Lincoln, Nebraska.
• Narazaki, K., Oleynikov, D., Pandorf, J.J., Solomon, B.M., Stergiou, N. (2005). The effects of training on the performance of robotic laparoscopy: What are the objective variables to quantify learning? Proceedings of the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Hollywood, Florida.