A research team based in Japan examined whether the robotic-assisted versus a laparoscopic approach has advantages in the surgical management of gastric cancer. Here’s what they learned.

Robotic surgery resulted in better quality of resection for patients with middle and low rectal cancer compared with conventional laparoscopic surgery, a randomized trial in China showed. In a ...

Robotic-assisted surgery significantly improved outcomes compared with laparoscopic surgery among patients with middle and low rectal cancer, according to study results presented at ASCO ...

Unlike laparoscopic surgery, these instruments and camera are mounted on robotic arms that can be controlled by the surgeon from a remote console.” Robotic surgery can be used for many types of ...

Hernias occur when organs or tissue push through weak abdominal walls, often causing visible bulges. Surgery may be needed if ...

Patients undergoing robotic-assisted surgery appear to experience no clinical benefit compared with those having conventional laparoscopic procedures, despite a much higher cost, two studies suggest.

Researchers at Johns Hopkins this week issued a report noting that their Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot (STAR) system has completed laparoscopic surgery on a pig tissue without human guidance. The ...

Robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery (RALS) has been proven to be safe and effective for various urological procedures in children, including pyeloplasty, orchiopexy, nephrectomy, and bladder ...

The robotic surgery also led to a higher estimated blood loss of 110.0 mL compared with 85.9 mL in the group that received laparoscopic myomectomy (P < .04). The adjusted geometric mean for blood ...

The smart tissue autonomous robot performs laparoscopic surgery on the soft tissue of a pig without human assistance. Photo courtesy of Johns Hopkins University ...

In the latest study to question the value of robotic surgery, researchers from Columbia University found that the technology costs significantly more and has a higher rate of complications than ...