Alan Zambeli-Ljepovic, MD, MHS, sits at the arcade-like console like a church organist. He places his feet on the machine’s pedals and slips the middle finger and thumb of each hand into delicate ...

Robotic platforms are rapidly advancing surgery, delivering innovations that promise to revolutionize the industry and improve patient outcomes. The combination of technology and human ingenuity is ...

Medtronic today announced that the first U.S. commercial surgical case using its recently FDA-cleared Hugo™ robotic-assisted surgery (RAS) system has been successfully performed by Jihad Kaouk, MD, ...

Robot-assisted heart surgery usually requires an assistant at the operating table to help the surgeon insert the robot arm through a small incision. The assistant has to constantly make sure the ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — National Taiwan University Hospital has performed more than 9,000 surgeries with robotic assistance, aiming to become a leading center for robotic-assisted surgery in Asia, CNA ...

Robotic-assisted surgery allows surgeons to operate with greater precision using a high-definition, 3D view. The surgeon remains in full control of the robotic instruments from a console during the ...

Pressure on operating theatres is a major constraint on NHS surgical capacity, with workforce shortages, limited beds, and lack of theatre time all contributing to long waiting lists. Against this ...

A robot has performed realistic surgery on its own with 100% accuracy, researchers have said. In a “major leap” towards using more robots in operating theatres, a machine trained on the videos of ...

Robotic-assisted surgery may sound like something from a sci-fi story. But it’s very much a reality now, and it’s transforming the health care industry. In 2021, more than 600,000 robotic-assisted ...