Dr. Robert Uzzo answers the question: 'Who Gets Robotic/Laparoscopic Surgery?' Jan. 01, 2009 -- Question: Who is an appropriate candidate for a laparoscopic or robot-assisted prostatectomy? Answer: ...

What if your next surgery was planned and performed by a robot? A team at Johns Hopkins University is working to turn this idea into reality. The concept of robot-assisted surgery is not new: several ...

The optimal use of robotic-assisted versus laparoscopic approaches for emergency gallbladder surgery is not well-defined. Rates of bile duct injury were similar with both surgical approaches, a large ...

Pancreatic surgeries have long been recognised as some of the most intricate procedures within abdominal surgery. Performed only in highly specialised centres, these surgeries demand precision and ...

Mountain View, CA-based Levita Magnetics announced in June that it was granted 510(k) clearance for its Magnetic Surgical System (MSS) and MARS system in bariatric and hiatal hernia repair procedures.

SHANGHAI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--One of the fastest growing companies in the global robotic and digital surgery space, Ronovo Surgical recently announced successful closing of new financing to accelerate ...

How is a robotic myomectomy different from a traditional myomectomy? Robotic myomectomy is far superior to the traditional open myomectomy. Robotic myomectomy is performed using fewer cuts than the ...