Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) announced today that it received FDA clearance for its Stealth AXiS robotic system for spine surgery.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In an advancement for minimally invasive care, a first-ever procedure using two separate surgery robots was successfully completed ...

It takes years of intense study and a steady hand for humans to perform surgery, but robots might have an easier time picking it up with today's AI technology. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University ...

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 ...

A robot trained on videos of surgeries performed a lengthy phase of a gallbladder removal without human help. The robot operated for the first time on a lifelike patient, and during the operation, ...

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When James Choate-Deeds was diagnosed with prostate cancer, he joined a clinical trial for robotic-assisted surgery ...

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.

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 the first human trial of robotic-assisted cataract surgery, 10 patients underwent the procedure with good outcomes with no complications related to the treatment, according to the Los Angeles-based ...

The NHS National Cancer Plan pledges to increase the amount of robotic surgery for cancer patients, up from 70,000 a year to half a million by 2035 ...