Robotic surgery is also called robot-assisted surgery. Your surgeon uses a robotic system that includes a camera and mechanical arms. The mechanical arms have surgical instruments attached. Your ...

And, before that, Krieger's Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot, STAR, performed the first autonomous robot surgery on a live animal – a laparoscopic surgery on a pig – in 2022. But it was much more heavily ...

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 ...

Robotics has significantly changed minimally invasive surgery (MIS) in many medical specialties. By adding robotic systems to these procedures, surgeons can work with more accuracy, reach the surgical ...

Personalized medicine is the wave of the future, a time when treatment plans will be tailored to an individual patient based on their genetic makeup, environment and lifestyle. The burgeoning field is ...

In an advancement for minimally invasive care, a first-ever procedure using two separate surgery robots was successfully completed. A urologist at the University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical ...

A robot trained on videos of surgeries performed a lengthy phase of a gallbladder removal without human help. The robot operated for the first time on a lifelike patient, and during the operation, ...

Robotics developed by medtech firm Sentante have been used in a fully remote thrombectomy performed at University of Dundee’s Ninewells Hospital in Scotland. The procedure, which removed blood clots ...

Hernias are a common medical condition, affecting over five million people in the United States, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. When someone has a hernia, it means an organ or ...

BAY SHORE, NY — South Shore University Hospital has recently launched the first ambulatory robotic joint replacement program on Long Island, in a freestanding facility. Dr. Keith Reinhardt, chief of ...