SIOUX CITY | Last August, Gary Wood was lying on an operating room table at UnityPoint Health-St. Luke's staring up at a network of robotic arms that reminded him of an octopus. Although the ...

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 ...

It involves less pain, less bleeding, and there’s lower risk of infection,” said cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Sanjay Tripathi.

(HealthDay News) — Robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery for kidney cancer is associated with considerable benefits, which outweigh health care and surgical costs, according to a study published ...

Robotic surgery is reshaping modern medicine. A combination of robotics and advanced imaging technologies allows surgeons to perform more sophisticated surgerie ...

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 ...

The term "robotic surgery" may evoke images of Star Wars' R2-D2 zipping around an operating table with a scalpel, but Dr. Michael Lasser is quick to explain that the reality is far less exotic and -- ...

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In gastrointestinal surgery, robotics has moved beyond being a technological advancement to becoming a preferred approach for precision-driven, minimally invasive care.

Knee replacement surgery has advanced significantly over the past two decades. With the introduction and advancement of robotic assistance, the procedure is now more precise, predictable, and ...

A pars fracture ­— also called spondylolysis — is a break in the pars interarticularis, a narrow area of bone connecting two vertebrae in the spine. It typically occurs in the lumbar spine (lower back ...