Jürgen Weitz

No ORCID on file · 3 papers in corpus
rct 2024
Can you feel the force just right? Tactile force feedback for training of minimally invasive surgery-evaluation of vibration feedback for adequate force application
Surgical endoscopy ·doi:10.1007/s00464-024-10919-3

BACKGROUND: Tissue handling is a crucial skill for surgeons and is challenging to learn. The aim of this study was to develop laparoscopic instruments with different integrated tactile vibration feedback by varying different tactile modalit…

observational 2015
Blood Glucose Homeostasis in the Course of Partial Pancreatectomy--Evidence for Surgically Reversible Diabetes Induced by Cholestasis
PloS one ·doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0134140

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Partial pancreatic resection is accompanied not only by a reduction in the islet cell mass but also by a variety of other factors that are likely to interfere with glucose metabolism. The aim of this work was to characte…

observational 2011
Surgery for locally recurrent rectal cancer in the era of total mesorectal excision: is there still a chance for cure?
Annals of surgery ·doi:10.1097/sla.0b013e3182096d4f

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the perioperative outcome and long-term survival of patients who underwent surgical resection for recurrent rectal cancer within a multimodal approach in the era of total mesorectal excision (TME). BACKGROUND: Introd…