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Machine learning-based video analysis can reliably identify surgical milestones, enhancing contextual understanding for surgeons. This study proposes a novel framework for detecting critical view of safety (CVS) in robot-assisted laparoscopic cholecystectomy (RLC) to improve procedural safety.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>\n                      <jats:bold>Methods<\/jats:bold>\n                    <\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We present a meta-auxiliary learning framework that delicately combines milestone recognition and anatomical segmentation to enhance contextual awareness. The framework addresses label imbalance by facilitating knowledge sharing across tasks, ensuring balanced optimization. A curated RLC dataset was utilized to evaluate CVS identification and multi-instance segmentation performance.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>\n                      <jats:bold>Results<\/jats:bold>\n                    <\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The proposed method achieved an F1 score of 78% for CVS detection and a mean IOU of 83.9% for anatomical segmentation, demonstrating its efficacy in complex surgical environments.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>\n                      <jats:bold>Conclusion<\/jats:bold>\n                    <\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This framework establishes a new paradigm for surgical video analysis by integrating milestone detection and segmentation. 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