Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy reduced short-term complication risk by nearly half versus open surgery. Learn more from ...

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: ...

I am a 70-year-old male with a large inguinal hernia on the right side. I have consulted two different surgeons, and both ...

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 ...

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BIDMC's surgical team in Boston, MA, offers robotic surgery, a minimally invasive approach that can lead to fewer complications and faster recovery.

Rates of bile duct injury a year after gallbladder removal surgery were lower with laparoscopic procedures than robotic-assisted ones, a retrospective study of Medicare beneficiaries found.

While robotic laparoscopic surgical systems do make certain procedures safer and less invasive, those systems are still operated by human surgeons. Now, however, a surgical robot has performed a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Robotic surgery for rectal cancer is gaining popularity, but persuasive evidence on long-term oncologic outcomes ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Nina Shapiro is a physician writer who dispels health myths. It’s not exactly R2-D2 performing your surgery. But robotic ...

Researchers at Johns Hopkins this week issued a report noting that their Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot (STAR) system has completed laparoscopic surgery on a pig tissue without human guidance. The ...