Journal of the American College of Surgeons
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The POTTER calculator, a widely used interpretable artificial intelligence (AI) risk calculator, has been validated in population-based studies and shown to predict outcomes in emergency general surgery (EGS) patients better than surgeons. We sought to prospectively validate POTTER. ⋯ This is the first prospective validation of the AI-enabled POTTER calculator. The superior accuracy, user-friendliness, and interpretability of POTTER make it a useful bedside tool for preoperative patient and family counseling.
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Robotic trocars are recommended to be placed 6-8 cm apart, and assistant trocars are placed 7 cm away from the horizontal line of the robotic trocar placement. However, adhering to these rules may be difficult, particularly in lean patients. This study aims to demonstrate our standardized simple trocar placement, 5-cm single umbilicus incision + 2 ports for robotic liver resection (RLR) and robotic pancreaticoduodenectomy (RPD). ⋯ Our standardized trocar placement technique is simple and widely feasible for lean-to-obese patients, allowing for RLR and RPD while minimizing incisions for patients.