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 ...

The use of robotics in surgery began in the late 1980s, but as technology has progressed, robotic surgery has become the standard of care for minimally invasive surgeries. Anne Osdoit, CEO of ...

Meta analysis in obese colorectal cancer patients found robotic assisted surgery modestly reduced hospital stay versus standard laparoscopy, with no significant differences in complications, ...

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

Staging a laparoscopy can help patients with pancreatic cancer identify the stage of cancer, where it spread and what the best treatment may be, a recent study shows. Laparoscopy (a minor surgical ...

One-port, single-incision laparoscopy is part of the natural development of minimally invasive surgery. Refinement and modification of laparoscopic instrumentation has resulted in a substantial ...

Colostomies have traditionally been done with open surgeries, but laparoscopic surgery offers a less invasive option that can help limit pain, recovery time, and possible complications. A laparoscopic ...

In a pair of studies presented today at the Society of Gynecologic Oncologists 37th Annual Meeting on Women's Cancer, researchers have found in a large randomized trial of laparoscopy versus ...

Hackensack Meridian Children's Health pediatric general surgeon Margaret M. McGuire, M.D, FACS,FAAP., was the first surgeon at K. Hovnanian Children's Hospital at Jersey Shore University Medical ...

Here are best practices and guidelines for the correct coding and billing of five common gynecology procedures performed in ASCs. Here are the guidelines for locating the correct/most precise ...

Physicians are used to training in classrooms. But what if their most recent one turned out to be an 85-foot tractor trailer parked outside the Cabell Huntington Hospital, along with some meat from ...