FLIPR-MDR-IDN - Quality improvement in inguinal hernia surgery by analysis of big data with implementation of the MDR legislation
From 01-09-2024 to 31-08-2028
Description
After inguinal hernia repair, up to 10% of patients develop chronic groin pain (CPIP) which is difficult to treat and has a huge impact on quality of life. So prevention is key. FLIPR (FLemish Inguinal and femoral hernia Prospective Registry) involves 57 surgeons in 21 hospitals belonging to VZN KULeuven. A large dataset has already been collected focusing on a standardized operation report and PROMS to map incidence and pre-/intraoperative risk factors of CPIP. With Machine Learning techniques we will develop AI models which can accurately predict this risk, to help guide patients/surgeons whether or not to operate, and to suggest the most optimal technique. We want to develop ethical norms and a proof- of-concept software tool complying with the EU MDR/other laws for software as medical device. This will be a use case for developing other software tools on risk prediction in health care.
Team
- Jan De Bruyne, Co-promoter (External)
- Marc Miserez, Coordinator (External)
- Bart De Moor, Promoter
Financing
Funding: KU Leuven - Internal Funding KU Leuven
Program/Grant Type: IDN - Interdisciplinary Networks
Events
2/09/2024:
PhD defense - Martijn Oldenhof
Machine Learning for Advanced Chemical Analysis and Structure Recognition in Drug Discovery
3/09/2024:
Meet the Jury Igor Tetko on Advanced Machine Learning in Drug Discovery
12/09/2024:
Multimodal analysis of cell-free DNA for sensitive cancer detection in low-coverage and low-sample settings
Seminar by Antoine Passemiers
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