WYNNEWOOD, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- Although colorectal cancer rates have been dropping, because more people are getting screened, it remains the second leading cause of cancer deaths. A Delaware women ...
The surgeon sits at a computer console that looks a little like Pixar’s WALL-E. After placing his thumbs and index fingers in grips, he makes small motions to cut or cauterize or stitch, while ...
CINCINNATI (WKRC) — Doctors at The Christ Hospital are now utilizing robotic surgery for colon cancer resections, a method that has shown to significantly improve healing and recovery times. Dr.
SIOUX CITY | Last August, Gary Wood was lying on an operating room table at UnityPoint Health-St. Luke's staring up at a network of robotic arms that reminded him of an octopus. Although the ...
Sarasota Memorial Health Care System has recruited Dr. Sam Agarwal, a nationally recognized colon and rectal surgeon and pioneer in single-incision robotic surgery, to lead the new Division of Colon & ...
Summerville Medical Center recently marked a major milestone in its minimally invasive robotic surgery program, performing the first procedure using its new state-of-the-art robotic surgical system.
Ankit Sarin, MD, FACS, one of the study's clinical investigators UCSF Health is recruiting patients for the only FDA-approved study of the use of single port robotic technology for colorectal surgery ...
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This month, Department of Surgery Associate Professor Jamie Cannon, M.D., broadcast a live, robotic rectal cancer surgery to the Robotics Symposium at the 2022 Annual American Society of Colon and ...
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Intuitive’s website. A high rate of colon surgical site infections (SSI) triggered financial penalties for Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center, a ...
Many organizations invest in robotic-assisted surgery. Growing and sustaining a successful service line, however, requires a comprehensive strategy and dedicated resources at a time when hospitals and ...
North Devon District Hospital installed the robot in 2023 to perform a variety of surgeries including complex hernia operations and colorectal surgery. However the hospital's clinical director of ...