Pricey robotic surgery shouldn't be the first or even second choice for most women who need a hysterectomy, says advice issued Thursday to doctors who help those women decide. The preferred method ...

The use of robotically-assisted and laparoscopic hysterectomy increased from 2007-2010; and despite similar complication rates, robotic procedures result in considerably higher costs than ...

Dr. Kevin Stepp recently performed the first-ever single-incision hysterectomy using a French robotic device rather than surgical technicians at MetroHealth Medical Center. The device, called ViKY ...

The volume and cost of hysterectomy procedures performed by surgical robots are soaring. But infection rates, intraoperative injuries, reoperations, and transfusions are all essentially the same ...

Urging physicians to ignore the hype about robotic surgery, ACOG says the procedure, which is considerably more expensive, does not improve patient outcomes for a minimally invasive hysterectomy.

The UMHS Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology is exploring the application of robotic surgery in the use of hysterectomy, as well as complex gynecologic surgery involving cancer staging.

Advances in robotic surgery are getting women in and out quickly for surgeries like a hysterectomy. For Beverly Sagal, she waited to decide when the right time was for her to get a hysterectomy.

Doctor%3A More research needed on robot WASHINGTON (AP) — New advice from a doctors group says to think twice before choosing robotic surgery for a routine hysterectomy.

Pricey robotic surgery shouldn't be the first or even second choice for most women who need a hysterectomy, says advice issued Thursday to doctors who help those women decide.The preferred method ...

She says hysterectomies with da Vinci robot allow many women to opt for minimally invasive surgery instead of undergoing an open abdominal hysterectomy, or laparotomy, which requires a large ...

Pricey robotic surgery should not be the first or even second choice for most women who need a hysterectomy, says advice issued Thursday to doctors who help those women decide.