ORAL SESSION 11: Digital Surgery, AI, and Translational Diagnostics in MIGS

Monday, November 16, 2026
3:30 pm - 4:45 pm

Room: RM312

Faculty: Gurbeen K. Dadiala, Maayan Maor, Mohamed Abdelgadir Garelnabi Abdelrahman, Shin Takenaka, Makoto Nakabayashi, Susan Khalil, Shai Ram

Description: This session examines the rapidly evolving role of AI, operative video analysis, navigation, digital documentation, patient-facing materials, and scalable diagnostic platforms in MIGS.

Learning Objectives: At the end of this course, the participant will be able to:

1. Identify current applications of AI in surgical planning and intraoperative decision-making.
2. Evaluate digital tools for documentation, navigation, and patient communication.
3. Discuss opportunities and limitations of AI-enabled diagnostic and surgical systems.

Course Outline

3:30 PM Welcome, Introduction and Course Overview

3:32 PM Evaluation of Readability in AAGL Patient Education Materials and AI-Driven Text Simplification

G. Dadiala, Z. Punjani, J. Ashurst, M. Wasson

3:38 PM AI-Generated Operative Reports From Hysterectomy Videos: A Pilot Study

M. Nowlen, R. Kho, P. Garcia-Filion, N. Makarova, A. Chiappetti

3:44 PM AI-Assisted Hysteroscopy Improves Intraoperative Identification of Endometrial Malignancy Compared With Surgeon Assessment

M. Maor, S. Bar-On, Y. Colbeci, T. Neder, S. Ram, A. Cohen, A. Akdam, I. Levin

3:50 PM AI-Assisted Minimally Invasive Gynecological Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Clinical Outcomes

M. Abdelrahman

3:56 PM Development of AI-Based Surgical Navigation Models and External Validation of Ureter Recognition Across Surgical Environments

S. Takenaka, H. Matsuzaki, R. Koike, M. Nakabayashi, Y. Hirose, A. Kouno, M. Homma, N. Takeshita, Y. Nakanishi, A. Sekizawa, K. Matsumoto, Y. Tsukada

4:02 PM Universal AI Phase Recognition in Laparoscopic and Robotic Hysterectomy: Fine-Grained Periuterine Dissection Classification

M. Nakabayashi, S. Takenaka, H. Matsuzaki, R. Koike, Y. Hirose, M. Homma, N. Takeshita, A. Sekizawa, K. Matsumoto

4:08 PM Resolving Endometrial Biology Using Uterine Lavage EV Proteomics: Toward Clinically Scalable, In-Office Diagnostic Classification

S. Khalil, B. Reva, D. Rykunov, M. Padron-Rhenals, S. Sabina Swierczek, K. Reid, O. Camacho-Vanegas, S. Camacho, K. Engelman, D. Pandya, D. Doo, S. Sieber, P. Fiedler, V. Andikyan, A. Iliuk, L. Chuang, P. Dottino, J. Martignetti

4:14 PM Serum Lactate as a Predictor of Surgically Confirmed Ovarian Torsion: A Prospective Cohort Study

S. Ram, A. Kahana, A. Tamir, I. Almog, A. Cohen, S. Bar-On, I. Levin

4:20 PM A Novel Noninvasive Approach to Detect Limb Ischemia in Lithotomy-Positioned Surgery

D. Wilson, A. Wrather, A. Bhalwal, A. Mohr-Sasson, A. Montealegre, O. Dziadek, R. Jalloul

4:26 PM Discussion Questions & Answers

4:45 PM Adjourn