Robotic surgery-related complications are underreported, according to a study by Johns Hopkins researchers published in the Journal for Healthcare Quality. Researchers used LexisNexis and the Public ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Robotic surgery has changed clinicians' approach to patients for whom hysterectomy is considered, said Dr Carlos Alcivia Smith at the XXXI International Congress of Gynecology ...

The operating room of 2025 looks remarkably different from what patients might have encountered a decade ago. Robotic surgery has moved from experimental technology to mainstream medical practice, ...