Robotic-assisted surgery may sound like something from a sci-fi story. But it’s very much a reality now, and it’s transforming the health care industry. In 2021, more than 600,000 robotic-assisted ...

Robotic surgery has come a long way since it was first approved for use two decades ago. In Collier County, Physicians' Regional Healthcare System recently acquired the latest version of the da Vinci ...

When Dr. Holly Kiper joined the Marshall Medical team increasing the staff of OB/GYNs to seven, that was good news for this growing community. But she also brought to the ...

The term "robotic surgery" may evoke images of Star Wars' R2-D2 zipping around an operating table with a scalpel, but Dr. Michael Lasser is quick to explain that the reality is far less exotic and -- ...

This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in ...

A pars fracture ­— also called spondylolysis — is a break in the pars interarticularis, a narrow area of bone connecting two vertebrae in the spine. It typically occurs in the lumbar spine (lower back ...

With estimates that roughly 15% of all surgeries use robots, an open house Tuesday afternoon at Northwest Health Porter in Valparaiso was a timely opportunity for the public to try out the technology ...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — We hear about advances in medicine all of the time. Dr. Mike Janicek of Arizona Oncology is using one of them. He has performed over 1,000 surgeries using the da Vinci surgical ...

On average, nearly four million annual surgical procedures in the U.S. are completed on pediatric patients. Despite this growing figure, surgical innovation has focused heavily on technologies for ...

Doctors use transoral robotic surgery to treat head and neck cancer. They may also use it for obstructive sleep apnea. It can often lead to better surgical outcomes than other surgery types. Transoral ...

Citizens Medical Center announced the addition of Mako SmartRobotics™ to its orthopedic service line, becoming the first hospital in the Victoria region to offer this specific technology for Total ...

The company's years of beating the market aren't over yet.