https://www.selleckchem.com/products/tiplaxtinin-pai-039.html Robotic-assisted laparoscopy (RAL) presents several advantages over 3-dimensional conventional laparoscopy (3D-CL) that may facilitate laparoscopic suturing especially with novice surgeons. This study compares novice surgeons' suturing performance by 3D-CL and RAL using Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skill (OSATS), an objective, validated scoring tool. Twenty-two surgeons with no robotic experience completed a standardized suturing task in an experimental setup by both 3D-CL and RAL in a randomized, cross-over design. Two experienced surgeons blindly assessed their performance using OSATS. Median (interquartile range) OSATS scores for 3D-CL and RAL were, respectively, 22.8 (17.4 to 25.8) versus 25.0 (21.9 to 26.5), P=0.032. There was no association between laparoscopic experience and robotic-assisted suturing performance. Thus, this study is, to our knowledge, the first to compare novice surgeons' suturing performance by 3D-CL and RAL using an objective, validated scoring tool and to show better suturing performance when assisted by the robot regardless of experience level.Muir-Torre syndrome is a rare subtype of Lynch syndrome characterized by coincidence of skin neoplasm and visceral malignancies. Here, we report a case of this rare disease, whose diagnosis of the syndrome was first suspected by the pathologist. This was a 60-yr-old woman who presented with an axillary skin nodule, which was diagnosed as basal cell carcinoma. Further inquiry revealed that she was hospitalized for evaluation of a recurrent vaginal stump endometrial carcinoma. Histologic workup and immunohistochemistry for mismatch repair proteins of both the skin and vaginal tumor suggested the possibility of Muir-Torre syndrome. NexGen sequencing identified a frame-shift mutation in the MSH2 gene. The patient was found to have a metachronous colorectal carcinoma, uterine endometrial carcinoma, and skin cancer from 1998 to