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.

Robotic partial nephrectomy may achieve reasonable results for the treatment of small renal cell carcinomas, but still to come--its cost benefits and long term outlook.

Laparoscopic surgery, which has long been established as a less invasive alternative to open procedures, is recognised for minimising physical trauma and expediting postoperative recovery.

The ability to do laparoscopic or robotic surgery very much depends on a number of issues including the patient's history. For example, if they've had a number of prior surgeries they may not be a ...

A study detailing the development of this robot, which showcases the first known autonomous laparoscopic soft tissue surgery, was recently published in Science Robotics.

Robotic surgery for a right or extended right hepatectomy showed benefits over laparoscopic surgery, a retrospective study found.

(HealthDay)—For women with uterine cancer, robotic surgery is more costly but is associated with decreased length of hospital stay and higher rate of lymph node dissection, according to a study ...

Doctors Test Robotic Surgeon For Laparoscopy Date: February 15, 2006 Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center Summary: Having a surgeon with four arms is one of the advantages of the latest robotic ...