Robotic surgery was sold as the moment medicine finally caught up with science fiction, promising smaller incisions, fewer ...

Telesurgery is noninferior to local robotic urologic surgery, according to results of a randomized trial reported in the BMJ.

In recent years, advancements in medical technology have significantly evolved heart treatment, offering safer and more effective options for patients. One of the most notable developments is using ...

Doctors use transoral robotic surgery to treat head and neck cancer. They may also use it for obstructive sleep apnea. It can often lead to better surgical outcomes than other surgery types. Transoral ...

Robotic surgery for bladder cancer speeds recovery, reduces pain, and improves quality of life. It also significantly reduces risks such as blood clots and can preserve functions like sexual health.

Is surgery inevitable? Discover why "rest is best" is wrong. Dr. Jason Snibbe debunks top orthopedic surgery myths.

Thoracic surgery — the treatment of diseases of the lungs, airways and chest — has changed more in the last 30 years than in the century before it. For patients, that evolution now means smaller ...

Forty-two percent of websites that mentioned robotic prostatectomy did not mention associated risks, according to a study in Health Affairs. Researchers studied internet marketing of robotic surgery ...

Patients should research both the surgeon and the technique when deciding on treatment. As a cardiologist, David Martin is accustomed to reading scientific studies. So when he received a prostate ...

Jami Greer was waiting for her 12-year-old daughter to come out of surgery when she received a confusing text: “The robot has docked.” Mia Greer, a patient at UF Health, had already received ...

Transoral robotic surgery (TORS) is a minimally invasive robotic surgical technique for treating tumors and other head and neck conditions. Surgeons carry out this procedure transorally, meaning ...

In obese prostate cancer patients, robotic-assisted surgery to remove the prostate reduces the risk of blood loss and prolonged hospital stays, a Loyola Medicine study has found. The study by senior ...