22-Jul-2010
www.gynla.com: Robotics in Gynecology: Dr. Ramin Mirhashemi, MD Discusses the ...
PR Newswire (press release)
Robotic surgery, via use of the da Vinci robot, has been proven to benefit both physicians and patients because of reduced blood loss, shorter hospital ...

20-Jul-2010
Pascagoula man chooses robotic surgery
WLOX
By Karen Abernathy – bio | email PASCAGOULA, MS (WLOX) - Mike Heidelberg is like a lot of people, especially men, who often put off going to the doctor for ...

20-Jul-2010
UT Medical Group announces new Comprehensive Gynecologic Center
Germantown News
Many of these women could be candidates for laparoscopic or robotic surgery, which generally offers shorter recovery times and fewer complications as ...

20-Jul-2010
Earnings Preview: Intuitive Surgical
Zacks.com
The company enjoys a virtual monopoly in robotic surgery with little competition. We believe that the growth story at Intuitive Surgical continues to thrive ...

19-Jul-2010
Robot gives surgeons another weapon against throat cancer
Fort Worth Star Telegram
A week later, UT Southwestern Medical Center surgeons performed the same robotic surgery on a patient in Dallas. The transoral robotic surgery is an ...

19-Jul-2010
Hospital announces cutting-edge medical standard
Manila Bulletin
With robotic surgery, patients recover faster as compared to the traditional open surgery. “The patient is already walking the next day after the first ...

18-Jul-2010
Robotic surgery makes Dr. Giulianotti think about art
Xinhua
As the president of the Clinical Robotic Surgery Association, an organization of robotic surgeons worldwide formed last year, 57- year-old Dr. Giulianotti ...

16-Jul-2010
Beyond the Hype: Intuitive Surgical's Hidden Growth Potential
Seeking Alpha (blog)
Holding a rare and envied monopolistic (this is open to interpretation and your definition of monopoly, of course) position in the robotic surgery field, ...

15-Jul-2010
da Vinci Robotic Surgery Comes to BMC
iBerkshires.com
In the coming months, BMC will expand its robotic surgical program to urology, where robotic surgery with the da Vinci System is considered the national ...

15-Jul-2010
Oral cancer survivor is BEC Relay for Life honorary chair
Mankato Free Press
Transoral robotic surgery was used to remove the cancers in his mouth. Robotic surgery goes through the mouth instead of the jaw, making reconstruction of ...

15-Jul-2010
Robotic Surgery Expert Dr. Ramin Mirhashemi, MD of Gynecological Oncology ...
Earthtimes (press release)
Dr. Mirhashemi is an expert in robotic surgery, which he performs to treat gynecologic cancers including uterine, ovarian, cervical, and vaginal cancers, ...

14-Jul-2010
Robotic arm lends surgical hand Berkshire Medical Center gets new tool for ...
Berkshire Eagle
"People [were] going elsewhere to do robotic surgery," St. Clair said, listing Baystate and Mercy medical centers in Springfield and Cooley-Dickinson ...

14-Jul-2010
High Gross Margins And A Leader In The Robotic Surgery Market For Intuitive ...
The Wall Street Transcript (blog)
It's really the only company in the robotic surgery market - very high gross margins and virtual monopoly in the business, and it addresses a very large ...

13-Jul-2010
WFU Baptist performs new robotic surgery
Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area
Doctors at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center have performed the first transoral robotic surgery, or TORS, in western North Carolina. ...

13-Jul-2010
Robots Now Being Used For Gynecological Cancer Surgery
WCVB-TV
Litkouhi also says there is data showing that with robotic surgery, compared to laparoscopic surgery, it is less likely the surgeon will have to switch over ...

12-Jul-2010
Atrium offers robotic gynecological procedures
Middletown Journal
... a year-and-a-half was well worth the wait to have her hysterectomy, thanks to new robotic surgery now offered at Atrium Medical Center. ...

12-Jul-2010
Part robot, part human
The Times of Trenton - NJ.com
The Ewing native eventually decided to undergo treatment using a rapidly growing medical tool -- robotic surgery. "I'm a very active person, ...

11-Jul-2010
Region's First Transoral Robotic Surgery Performed at Wake Forest Baptist
Health News - HealthCanal.com
WINSTON-SALEM, NC– The first transoral robotic surgery (TORS) in western North Carolina has been performed at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, ...

11-Jul-2010
PinnacleHealth opens heart surgery practice
PennLive.com
The practice offers a range of advanced procedures, including robotic surgery and minimally invasive surgical treatments for lung cancer. ...

8-Jul-2010
Hospitals betting on 'bots
Cincinnati Business Courier
Robotic surgery units, she said, are essentially just tools. Kathleen Hagan, president of the Boston technology and innovations consulting company that ...

6-Jul-2010
Medical City doctor pilots country's first robot-assisted surgery
Malaya
I, myself, underwent a training course in robotic surgery," he said. At present, Aldana said the robotic-assisted surgery has benefited over 200000 patients ...

3-Jul-2010
Dr. Enver Ozer Performs first Robotic Thyroidectomy
TMCnet
Experts, who can perform heart, head and neck, gynecologic and urologic robotic surgery for both malignant and benign conditions, also hail from Ohio. ...

3-Jul-2010
Surgeons Make Advances With da Vinci Robot
LA Downtown News Online
USC University Hospital recently saw its first transoral robotic surgery (TORS), the first one performed on the West Coast, according to Niels Kokot, ...

2-Jul-2010
The James Performs First Robotic Thyroidectomy In Central Ohio
Media Newswire (press release)
Ozer is one of 25 skilled surgeons at Ohio State's Center for Advanced Robotic Surgery, an international training center featuring expertise in more than 70 ...

1-Jul-2010
Robotic surgery helps Valley patients recover quickly
ABC30.com
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- There's a new "resident" at Saint Agnes Medical Center in Fresno that didn't have to go to medical school, but is revolutionizing ...

1-Jul-2010
Man O/R Machine? Physicians weigh in on the pros and cons of robotic surgery
DOTmed.com (press release)
by Olga Deshchenko, DOTmed News Reporter If there are two things that Dr. Ash Tewari loves, they're cricket and robotic surgery. ...

1-Jul-2010
Robotics Club aims to break boundaries
NorthJersey.com
BY KELLY NICHOLAIDES They meet twice a week to build products that form the building blocks for state-of-the-art robotic surgery, deep sea robotics and ...

1-Jul-2010
Division director named for urogynecology department
The Daily Tar Heel
Matthews is recognized internationally for her expertise in robotic surgery and is known for her skills in vaginal surgery. The valedictorian of the ...

30-Jun-2010
Saint Agnes displays $2M surgical robot
Fresno Business Journal
Robotic surgery is not a new advancement, but the da Vinci Si differs from the current straight-armed varieties by the way the machine mimics the human ...

30-Jun-2010
Make robotic surgeries a lot more transparent
Bowling Green Daily News
In your recent article, “Robotic surgery problems causing concerns,” the writer makes a strong case for more regulation of surgeons. ...

30-Jun-2010
Medical City does first robot-assisted surgery in RP
Malaya
Moreover, the 3D camera in robotic surgery provides the surgeon with depth perception, which is absent in conventional laparoscopy. ...

29-Jun-2010
Unique robotic surgery aids Bothell man's recovery
PNW Local News
Swedish Medical Center is featuring both Bishop and Porter, the hospital's director of robotic surgery, as part of its 100th anniversary celebration. ...

28-Jun-2010
Robotic hysterectomy
Detroit Free Press
Where to find it: Some 1100 US hospitals, including 33 in Michigan, offer robotic surgery of some type. Hospitalization: Same-day surgery or overnight stay, ...

28-Jun-2010
Roboticsurgery gets to Oregon just in time
Statesman Journal
He was the first patient on the West Coast to undergo TransOral Robotic Surgery, or TORS, according to Legacy Emanuel. "I was just happy," Ferris said, ...

27-Jun-2010
Hi-Definition surgery now at Phoenixville Hospital
Phoenixville News
"An increasing breadth of surgical cases is being performed at Phoenixville Hospital," said Pankaj Kalra, Medical Director of the Robotic Surgery Center at ...

26-Jun-2010
Women's Surgery Center Prefers LRH to DVSS for Benign Gynecologic Conditions
TMCnet
By Mini Swamy Robotic surgery is the technology of the future, and a very promising technology at that. A small camera operates in conjunction with very ...

25-Jun-2010
Robots give Qatari doctors a helping hand
National
Fifteen doctors from across the Gulf attended the Qatar Robotic Surgery Centre's inaugural training session in April. Courtesy Qatar Robotic Surgery Centre ...

25-Jun-2010
Robots bring changes to operating room design
Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce (subscription)
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane has installed robotic surgery systems, which require additional space for equipment and staff. ...

25-Jun-2010
One hospital's big bet on technology
MarketWatch
El Camino also expanded its da Vinci robotic surgery program for minimally-invasive surgery, an intricate set of machines made by another local company ...

24-Jun-2010
Fast Personal Pt. 3: Rise Of Robotic Surgeons
CNBC
Well tomorrow is here and it's bringing us a new medical miracle – robotic surgery. Thanks to break through technology, many hospitals are replacing men ...

23-Jun-2010
Pascagoula father beats prostate cancer with robotic surgery
Mississippi Press (blog)
Local dad Mike Heidelberg opted for a robotic-assisted prostatectomy in February to prevent the onset of prostate cancer and preserve future Father's ...

23-Jun-2010
Get checked out
Marlton Telegram
“Robotic surgery was something that was just being thought about.” Both men said spreading awareness is of the utmost importance given the commonality of ...

21-Jun-2010
Urological surgery has become less invasive
Lexington Herald Leader
Robotic surgery, in which the surgeon guides a robot capable of making very precise, tiny movements, is increasingly used to treat patients with early ...

19-Jun-2010
Baylor reaches robotic surgery milestone
Star Community Newspapers
Some of the benefits for patients who choose robotic surgery over traditional approaches include less scarring, quicker recovery time, less blood loss and ...

19-Jun-2010
Singapore's National University Heart Center Steps into Robotic Cardiac Surgery
TMCnet
However, robotic surgery costs more. Robots are commonly used in gynecological or urological procedures. In several places of the world, robots have aided ...

19-Jun-2010
Hands-on experience
The Hour
The "Learn About Advanced Robotic Surgery" event is being offered by Norwalk Hospital to educate the public about the daVinci system and its use in treating ...

19-Jun-2010
Community-based medical care maligned
Foster's Daily Democrat
Recent Foster's articles relating to robotic surgery have mentioned physicians with whom I work closely, Drs. Rebecca Banaski and Elizabeth Chase. ...

18-Jun-2010
Baptist Health Participates in Medical Association of Jamaica Symposium 2010
South Florida Caribbean News
... its accuracy and ability to repeat identical motions,” stated Avelino Piñon, MD, urologist at the Center for Robotic Surgery at South Miami Hospital. ...

17-Jun-2010
1-Year-Old Has Robotic Kidney Surgery
WJXT Jacksonville
In robotic surgery, doctors control everything at a nearby console, where they watch the surgery in high-definition, 3D clarity. ...

17-Jun-2010
Procedure-based training system for robot-assisted surgery
bjhcim
HOST literally holds the surgeon's hands,” said Dr Guru, who is also director of RPCI's Center for Robotic Surgery. "It's an extremely effective system for ...

16-Jun-2010
Robotic surgery: How safe is it?
Orlando Sentinel
A follow-up story referred to a case in which a 42-year-old man died following robotic surgery last summer at a Boca Raton hospital. ...

16-Jun-2010
Dallas's First Scarless Robotic Surgery for Throat Cancers Performed
Newswise (press release)
Newswise — Head and neck cancer surgeons at UT Southwestern Medical Center performed the area's first transoral robotic surgery (TORS), a recently approved ...

16-Jun-2010
Doctors at El Camino Hospital Perform Unprecedented Surgery on Highly ...
Earthtimes
Most recently, he was honored by the Endometriosis Foundation of America for his contributions to the field of minimally invasive and robotic surgery.

15-Jun-2010
Robotic Kidney Transplantation New Option for Obese Patients
PhysOrg.com
Robotic surgery for morbidly obese patients can be accomplished safely and allows minimally invasive access without the visual and technical limitations of ...

15-Jun-2010
Health events in the region
Danbury News Times
"Learn about Advanced Robotic Surgery," is being offered as a public service by Norwalk Hospital to provide information about the new and expanding field of ...

15-Jun-2010
Cancer survivors celebrate joy of living
Buffalo News
Guru is the head of Roswell Park's Center for Robotic Surgery, which was established in 2004. According to Guru, robotic assistance is used primarily for ...

15-Jun-2010
Ahead of the Bell: Intuitive Surgical downgraded
BusinessWeek
A Brean Murray Carret & Co. analyst downgraded shares of robotic surgery system maker Intuitive Surgical Inc. on Monday, citing concerns over a slowdown in ...

14-Jun-2010
Light fantastic How laser treatment could change your life..
Mirror.co.uk (blog)
Top surgeons are now combining laser ops with robotic surgery, in which the surgeon views the patient on a screen and manipulates robotic surgical ...

13-Jun-2010
A robot did my hysterectomy: How a smart machine called the da Vinci has ...
Daily Mail
In the US, where robotic surgery is well established, operation times are similar to those of conventional surgery. 'I think that very soon we'll all have a ...

11-Jun-2010
Robotic Surgery: Medicine Or Marketing? An Ethical and Clinical Exploration of ...
Newswise (press release)
Newswise — Robotic surgery – is it truly an advance for modern medicine, or just a product of slick consumer advertising campaigns and targeted marketing ...

11-Jun-2010
UT Southwestern First in Region to Use Newest Generation of Surgical Robot
Newswise (press release)
Since acquiring its first DaVinci robot in 2006, UT Southwestern has been at the forefront of robotic surgery, performing complex urologic, thoracic and ...

10-Jun-2010
Law firm seeking patients harmed by da Vinci surgery
Foster's Daily Democrat
"Have you had DaVinci robotic surgery? Know your legal rights!" says the ad, printed in white over a black box. The ad came after Sherry Long of Rochester ...

10-Jun-2010
Leading U.S. Heart Surgeon to Urge Doctors at International Conference to ...
PR Newswire (press release)
Dr. Francis Sutter to Advance Argument to Minimize Patients' Pain and Recovery Time at June 19th Conference in Beijing PHILADELPHIA, June 9 /PRNewswire/ ...

10-Jun-2010
Give Dad the Gift of Good Health for Father's Day - University of Rochester ...
Article Ant (press release)
In recent years, men who undergo surgery often choose high-precision robotic surgery using the daVinci Robotic Surgical System, a technology that the ...

10-Jun-2010
Senior Financial Analyst
GAAPweb Finance and Accounting News
More recently in 1991 we developed the first robotic surgery centre. Just last year, we developed a world-class ultrasound treatment. ...

9-Jun-2010
Operation robotics
AsiaOne
While robotic surgery isn't new here - it's most commonly used in urology, colorectal, obstetrics and gynaecology and cardiothoracic surgeries - it's a new ...

9-Jun-2010
RoboticOncology.com: Robotic Surgery Expert Dr. David Samadi, MD ...
Live-PR.com
... Chief of the Division of Robotics and Minimally Invasive Surgery in the Department of Urology at The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York. ...

9-Jun-2010
Operate the daVinci robot at the Stamford Town Center on Saturday ...
ShorelinePlus.com
This community health education event, "Learn about Advanced Robotic Surgery," is being offered as a public service by Norwalk Hospital to provide ...

9-Jun-2010
Saint Joseph`s Opens New Imaging Center
Gwinnett Gazette
... vascular oncology and orthopaedic services and home to the most comprehensive minimally invasive robotic surgery program in the world. ...

7-Jun-2010
Experts gather for health technology meeting
RTE.ie
Robotic surgery, DNA testing for the Human Papillomavirus, and patient's quality of life are among the topics to be discussed at the event. ...

4-Jun-2010
Somerset Medical Center embraces technologies like robotic surgery ...
NJ.com
This past year, the hospital's achievements include purchasing the equipment needed for that robotic surgery done on Wednesday and becoming one of the first ...

4-Jun-2010
The hands of a surgeon
The Wenatchee World Online
How does robotic surgery differ from traditional laparoscopic surgery, ... With robotic surgery, the tools are manipulated remotely, with sensors directing ...

4-Jun-2010
www.RoboticOncology.com: Robotic Prostatectomy Expert Dr. David ...
Earthtimes (press release)
"With robotic surgery, in the hands of a skilled surgeon, you not only remove the cancer, but you preserve the urinary and sexual function," he explains. ...

3-Jun-2010
Software developed for surgery simulator
University at Buffalo Reporter
Khurshid Guru (left) and Thenkurussi “Kesh” Kesavadas have developed software for use with the robotic surgery simulator they also have invented. ...

3-Jun-2010
Immersion Expands Presence in High-Growth Robotic Surgery Market
Business Wire (press release)
"While the technological advances in laparoscopic and robotic surgery have improved outcomes and extended the reach of practitioners, they've created a ...

3-Jun-2010
World's first procedure-based training software for robot-assisted ...
Thaindian.com
HOST literally holds the surgeon's hands,” said Guru, who is also director of RPCI's Center for Robotic Surgery. The HOST software system takes surgeons ...

2-Jun-2010
Glenn's Urologic Surgery
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription)
Another notable improvement in this edition is the updated chapter on robotic surgery in the "New Frontiers" section, which provides a grounding in robotic ...

2-Jun-2010
Surgeon/Engineer Team Produces World's First Procedure-Based ...
Newswise (press release)
“It's as close to operating as you can get outside the operating room,” says Dr. Guru, who is also director of RPCI's Center for Robotic Surgery. ...

2-Jun-2010
Where technology can save money in health care
ZDNet
Or robotic surgery. While Moore's Law makes $500 the magic price point for PCs, what $2000 was in my salad days, in medicine it tends to create new ...

30-May-2010
Robot touted for less invasive surgeries
The Daily News Journal
With robotic surgery, patients are returning to work within 10 to 14 days." Along with quicker recovery time, patients also experience significantly less ...

29-May-2010
Robots in the OR
Amherst Bulletin
At Baystate, robotic surgery is becoming the most effective method used to perform a prostatectomy, a treatment for prostate cancer, says Dr. John Romanelli ...

28-May-2010
Patient Sues Wentworth-Douglas over Robotic Surgery
NHPR
A patient has filed suit against Wentworth-Douglas Hospital, claiming that surgeons' inexpert use of a robotic surgery device caused severe injuries. ...

28-May-2010
Singapore Embraces Super-robots in Cardiac Surgery
PR Web (press release)
Improved precision in robotic surgery also means that the surgeon is able to access hard-to-reach portions of the heart with greater confidence and carry ...

28-May-2010
Simulated Surgical Systems, LLC Partners to Bring Simulation Advances to ...
PR Newswire (press release)
The company is a collaborative effort between the Center for Robotic Surgery at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) and the University at Buffalo's School ...

27-May-2010
Da Vinci Robotic Surgery in Turkey
I-Newswire.com (press release)
(I-Newswire) May 26, 2010 - Da Vinci surgery is a type of robotic surgery of that enables less invasive and more precise surgical techniques and procedures ...

27-May-2010
Russia's first robotic surgery
The Voice of Russia
Russia's first robotic surgeon has performed a unique operation to remove part of a human liver. It was preceded by 14 months of preparatory work at ...

26-May-2010
Botched Operation Using da Vinci Robot Spurs Lawsuit
Wall Street Journal
In one case last summer, a 42-year-old doctor named Carlos Chiriboga died following a robotic surgery performed at West Boca Medical Center in West Boca ...

26-May-2010
Dr. Ash Tewari on Robotic Surgery
DOTmed.com (press release)
by Olga Deshchenko, DOTmed News Reporter Dr. Ash Tewari is the director of the Institute of Robotic Surgery and Prostate Cancer and the director of the ...

26-May-2010
Robotic radical prostatectomy works better: HK study
Xinhua
The university started the city's first robotic surgery program in urology in 2005 and has successfully conducted 100 cases of robotic prostatectomy. ...

26-May-2010
Robotic Surgery Centre presents paper at international symposium
Gulf Times
Qatar Robotic Surgery Centre (QRSC) has marked the start of its technology development activities with the acceptance of its first scientific paper by a ...

26-May-2010
MTMC hosting women's health luncheon Wed.
The Daily News Journal
The presentation will focus on several different approaches for treating women's health issues, highlighting the da Vinci robotic surgery option. ...

25-May-2010
University of Rochester Surgeon Demonstrates Robotic Prostate Procedure
University of Rochester Newsroom
One of the nation's top robotic surgeons will remove the cancerous prostate of a Horseheads man during a live demonstration of robotic surgery on Saturday, ...

23-May-2010
Da Vinci patient suit expected against WDH: Woman claims permanent damage when ...
Foster's Daily Democrat
WDH staff has said robotic surgery reduces complications, patients' turnaround times, blood loss and pain. Dr. Anne Kalter, who chairs the hospital's ...

21-May-2010
Mimic surgery simulator on market
Bizjournals.com (blog)
Mimic Software Engineer Mert Sedef tests software on one of the company's robotic surgery simulators. It's not often that journalists stumble upon a story ...

21-May-2010
Surgical robot debuts at PBMC
Riverhead News-Review (subscription)
Ms. Sears, a nurse's aid from Holtsville, was the first patient at PBMC to undergo robotic surgery using the hospital's new da Vinci surgical robot May 11. ...

21-May-2010
Ingestible Surgical Robots—Hard To Swallow Concept?
Singularity Hub (blog)
ARES may only be a concept at present, but the project represents amazing new possibilities in the field of robotic surgery. Engineers behind the ARES ...

20-May-2010
MEDICAL MATTERS: Robotic surgery is an option to treat fibroids
WLBT-TV
Dr. Ridgway said a uterus containing more than 10 tumors is essentially impossible to work with, and while there can be complications with any surgery, ...

20-May-2010
Are Robots the Future of Surgery?
KFYR-TV
Is the future of surgery in the hands of robots? In two months, the first ever robotic surgery program in the state will be used to perform a surgery at ...

20-May-2010
Hospital Announces Upcoming Events
NJ TODAY
Women's Health: “Less-Invasive Surgery for Women: The Benefits of Robotic Surgery for Gynecological Procedures” Speaker: Labib E. Riachi, MD, ...

19-May-2010
SCH Pushes Edge in Robotic Surgery, Low-Dose X-ray
Evangelical Covenant Church
The hospital launched its robotic surgery program in January. In February, it became the first hospital in the country to begin using an X-ray system that ...

19-May-2010
RoboticOncology.com: Robotic Surgery Expert Dr. David Samadi, MD Discusses ...
Earthtimes (press release)
"Those patients who do not hesitate to get the robotic surgery simply want the cancer out, they don't want it in their bodies," explained Samadi. ...

15-May-2010
Health Check: Robotic Surgery
Turn to 10.com
By Barbara Morse Silva | Health Check 10 Reporter Robotic surgery was first introduced to southern New England about three years ago at the Miriam Hospital. ...

14-May-2010
Robotic Surgery: Saratoga Hospital Offers Cutting Edge Technology
Saratoga.com
Cornelia Robens is one of Saratoga Hospital's robotic surgery nurses; she's been with the hospital for 18 years. "I've seen so much change since I've ...

14-May-2010
'Robotic Applications in Women's Health' presentation will take place Saturday
Texarkana Gazette
Two of Texarkana's gynecologists trained in robotic surgery will speak on women's health issues and available services. Dr. Stephen Brown's presentation, ...

13-May-2010
Karmanos Cancer Center Surgeon is Michigan's First to Perform Transoral ...
PR Newswire (press release)
"Using the robotic surgery was great because it kept my features intact," he said. "Robotic surgery was my No. 1 choice." Spears is one of the patients whom ...

13-May-2010
Patient complications not the fault of robot, says WDH surgeon
Foster's Daily Democrat
The Journal also reported on the death of a patient who underwent robotic surgery for a stomach condition until the surgeon opted for open surgery. ...

13-May-2010
Experts panel set up to advise QRSC
Gulf Times
Qatar Robotic Surgery Centre (QRSC) has formed an international surgical panel (ISP), which will provide it with strategic guidance and transfer expertise ...

9-May-2010
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital defends da Vinci's use
Foster's Daily Democrat
WDH spokeswoman Noreen Biehl stressed Friday the hospital has "never had a death as a result of a robotic surgery in four years. ...

8-May-2010
Prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment: Questions and concerns
newjerseynewsroom.com
He is one of the few fellowship-trained urologic oncologists in northern Jersey with expertise in robotic surgery. "There is no harm in screening," said ...

7-May-2010
Cliff Halvorson's robotic heart surgery was a first for Oregon
Lake Oswego Review
But thanks to Dr. Andrew Tsen, a heart surgeon with the Oregon Clinic, and the da Vinci robotic surgery system, any resemblance between Cliff Halvorson then ...

6-May-2010
Stryker & Intuitive Surgical to Provide Integrated Robotic Surgery Suites
OutpatientSurgery.net
Stryker and Intuitive Surgical have joined forces to create advanced minimally invasive robotic surgery suites by integrating their respective technologies ...

6-May-2010
AIIMS doctor pilots India's first robot assisted surgery
The Hindu
“I underwent a training course in robotic surgery at UCI Irvine in California and have also participated in many international robotic surgery workshops ...

5-May-2010
Surgical Robot Examined in Injuries
Wall Street Journal
Ms. Biehl declined to discuss the case, citing patient privacy laws, but she says the hospital has had "no deaths of patients related to robotic surgery ...

5-May-2010
Market Report -- In Play (ISRG)
MSN Money
... business unit announced they have signed an agreement to integrate both companies' technologies into advanced minimally invasive robotic surgery suites. ...

4-May-2010
How to stop the oil leak
msnbc.com
BP's chief operating officer, Doug Suttles, said the robotic surgery has been unsuccessful. The valves "probably have closed," but it looks as if the ...

3-May-2010
Benefits To Robotic Surgery For Patients
Central Florida News 13
Dr. Joseph Boyer of Florida Hospital performed the surgery and is the first in Central Florida to do this type of procedure using advanced robotic surgery. ...

1-May-2010
Ex-smoker breathes easier after robotic surgery
Orlando Sentinel
By Fernando Quintero, Orlando Sentinel Leta Roberts is a former long-time smoker who faced a possible diagnosis of lung cancer. ...

1-May-2010
With remote-controlled robot, doctor carries out heart surgery
SmartPlanet.com (blog)
Currently, robotic surgery is used for cases of coronary artery disease and several types of cancer, including gynecological, kidney and bladder cancers. ...

1-May-2010
BCHS offering open house on women's health and cancer
Battle Creek Enquirer
Dr. Smiley will talk about 'Healthy Breasts' and Dr. Yankama will discuss 'Robotic Surgery Isn't Robotic.' Prior to their presentations, the public can get ...

29-Apr-2010
Recovery quicker with robot-assisted surgery at Billings Clinic
Billings Gazette
She and her mother, Jody Mueller, chose the robotic surgery because it seemed less invasive than other options, including laparoscopic surgery. ...

29-Apr-2010
Use of Robotic Surgery Enhances Precision
EmpowHer (blog)
Robotic surgery allows three dimensional viewing, rather than the standard two dimensional view. Unlike other laparoscopic equipment, robotics instruments ...

29-Apr-2010
RoboticOncology.com: With Over 3000 Successful Surgeries Under His Belt, Dr ...
Marketwire (press release)
"These factors are very important to my patients, and what I've seen with robotic surgery is that these factors have been consistently provided to them," ...

29-Apr-2010
Doctor Fixes Heart With Remote-Controlled Robot
ABC News
Robotic surgery is becoming more common in wealthy nations and can be used on patients suffering from gynecological cancer, coronary artery disease, ...

26-Apr-2010
Dr. Robot
Waterbury Republican American
The hospital has invested more than $2.4 million in robotic surgery that it says will result in less pain, shorter hospital stays and less blood loss than ...

23-Apr-2010
India performs robotic surgery
ITWeb
Following the surgery, the AIIMS Department of Urology is developing a training programme in robotic surgery, including the virtual simulation system for ...

22-Apr-2010
KUSI Medical Report: Robotic surgery
KUSI
... surgical removal of the prostate gland) and he joined us on Good Morning San Diego to discuss all the additional options available for robotic surgery.

22-Apr-2010
High BMI Should Not Exclude Patients From Robotic Prostatectomy
Medscape
Finally, Dr. Samadi, who has training in open urologic, oncology, and laparoscopic prostatectomy, in addition to robotic surgery, emphasized that volume and ...

21-Apr-2010
CentraState Medical Center initiates robotic surgery
Tri-Town News
The hospital recently initiated a da Vinci robotic surgery system by Intuitive Surgical. Dr. Troy Sukkarieh, MD (left, forefront) and his partner, ...

21-Apr-2010
Women & Infants Offers State's First Women's Robotic Surgery Program
DOTmed.com (press release)
"Robotic surgery means shorter hospitalizations and faster recoveries for patients, as well as less blood loss and a lower risk of complications. ...

21-Apr-2010
Trifecta Approach Important in Prostate Cancer Treatment
Earthtimes (press release)
"All three factors are equally important to my patients, and my experience with robotic surgery has consistently provided these to them," continued Samadi. ...

20-Apr-2010
Doctors at AIIMS perform major robotic surgery
NetIndian
Facilities and programmes are being developed to perform advanced robotic surgery on prostate, urinary bladder and kidney to offer state-of-the-art robotic ...

20-Apr-2010
AIIMS conducts major robot assisted anterior pelvic exenteration ...
pharmabiz.com
Facilities and programmes are being developed to do the advance robotic surgery on prostate, urinary bladder and kidney besides other robotic operations to ...

20-Apr-2010
Emerging Robotic Technologies to Transform the Role of the Surgeon
Medscape
Rick Satava, MD, professor, Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, and expert on next-generation robotic systems, noted that these ...

20-Apr-2010
Meet Dr Robot
The Standard
But critics say that despite its meteoric growth, robotic surgery lacks an adequate ... Mark Dylewski, who does robotic thoracic surgery at South Miami, ...

20-Apr-2010
AIIMS robot performs rare cancer surgery
Little About
The department of urology is developing a training programme in robotic surgery, including the virtual simulation system (RoSS - Robotic Surgical Simulator) ...

20-Apr-2010
The future of robotics
European Hospital
No new developments in EAU guidelines concerning robotic surgery are expected, since without a Phase 3 trial it is difficult to compare robotic laparoscopic ...

20-Apr-2010
ME Faculty Candidate Presentation Topic Monday, April 19, 2010
Wilkes University
The compactness of the system and its telesurgery capabilities will enable the benefits of robotic surgery to be reaped by a much larger patient population. ...

19-Apr-2010
First Peer-Reviewed Publication Validating Cardica's C-Port(R ...
PR-CANADA.net (press release)
"With the dynamic technologies available today, sternum-sparing, robotic cardiac surgery can provide direct benefits to the patient in reduced recovery time ...

18-Apr-2010
Probing trauma procedures on 'Miami Medical'
Los Angeles Times
But Dr. David Samadi, associate professor of urology and chief of robotic surgery at Mt. Sinai Medical Center, points out that waiting to remove the tumor ...

17-Apr-2010
Robotic surgery allows greater precision
Greensboro News & Record
By Jennifer Fernandez HIGH POINT — Imagine a pair of scissors no wider than a pencil. Now, picture manipulating such a tiny instrument via computer to ...

17-Apr-2010
Intuitive Surgical retreats from all-time highs
BusinessWeek
Shares of robotic surgery system maker Intuitive Surgical Inc. retreated from record highs on Friday, even after the company's first-quarter results far ...

16-Apr-2010
Robotic Surgery Gives Doctors More Accuracy
WFMY News 2
High Point, NC--Phillip Vincent didn't choose High Point Regional Hospital because of its new da Vinci surgical system. He chose urologic oncologist, ...

16-Apr-2010
Intuitive Surgical Handily Beats Views On Da Vinci Sales
Investor's Business Daily
... of the da Vinci multiarm robotic surgery system, outpaced analyst estimates by a country mile, but its sales guidance apparently disappointed investors. ...

16-Apr-2010
Robotic Arm Knee Surgery Available in Macon
13wmaz
Robotic technology is changing how doctors perform surgery on patients and one central georgia hospital is showing off its new procedure for helping people ...

16-Apr-2010
First Peer-Reviewed Publication Validating Cardica's C-Port(R) Systems ...
PR Newswire (press release)
... Center for Minimally Invasive Cardiac and Robotic Surgery for The Wisconsin Heart Hospital, who also practices at several other hospitals in Milwaukee. ...

15-Apr-2010
Phoebe to get robotic surgery capabilities
WFXL Fox 31
By Jana Barnello Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital will soon be the only medical center in southwest Georgia performing robotic surgeries. ...

15-Apr-2010
Health Sense: Robotic gynecology surgery: Dawn of a new era or a passing fad
Jakarta Post
Technological advancement in robotic surgery has seen more sophisticated instruments developed to push the envelope of minimally invasive surgery. ...

15-Apr-2010
SUFU 2010 - Debate: Robotics for POP repair, state-of-the-art or gimmick ...
UroToday
PETERSBURG, FL, USA (UroToday.com) - Drs. Jeffrey Cornella and Eric Rovner presented a very good debate on the benefit of robotic surgery in women with ...

14-Apr-2010
Hand it to SGH's 'RoboDoc'
AsiaOne
Robotic surgery enhances surgeons' skills: Patients benefit because of smaller incisions, less blood loss and less post-operative pain. ...

12-Apr-2010
3-D robotic surgery demonstrated at Disney
Orlando Sentinel
"The reason for doing robotic surgery is that it's less invasive and more precise," said Dr. Vipel Patel, who organized the World Robotic Symposium attended ...

12-Apr-2010
Study Shows Significant Advantages of Computer-Assisted Robotic Total Knee ...
Newswise (press release)
Dr. Koenig and his team have been diligently working on the next generations of computer assisted and robotic surgery that will be available to the public ...

12-Apr-2010
Qatar launches robotic surgery centre
Biomed Middle East
The Qatar Robotic Surgery Centre, a collaboration between Qatari and UK educational institutions, was launched in London this week, according to press ...

11-Apr-2010
Robotic surgery training launched
Gulf Times
Qatar Robotic Surgery Centre (QRSC) has marked its operational launch by successfully delivering the first robotic surgery training ever in the region. ...

11-Apr-2010
Help with census forms available at Kimball Park
San Diego Union Tribune
CHULA VISTA — Sharp Chula Vista will hold a free seminar about robotic surgery for prostate cancer on Monday to raise awareness of the hospital's new ...

9-Apr-2010
Robotic Surgery Centre forges UK partnership
Zawya
"It builds on a most effective partnership which has such a strong track record in developing robotic surgery. The new centre provides an excellent ...

8-Apr-2010
Prostate cancer surgery more costly for obese men
Reuters
The price tag for robotic surgery was $6761 for obese men and $6745 for thinner men, according to findings published in the urology medical journal BJU ...

8-Apr-2010
Qatar Science and Technology Park holds pre-launch ceremony in London for ...
AME Info
The partnership, Qatar Robotic Surgery Centre (QRSC), aims to advance healthcare research in both the UK and Qatar, and seeks to become a focal point for ...

7-Apr-2010
Pediatric Surgeon Praises Robot Helpers
PC World
Dr. Hiep Nguyen, assistant professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School and director of the robotic surgery training center at Children's Hospital Boston, ...

7-Apr-2010
The Surgeon's Lounge: April 2010
General Surgery News (registration)
This issue will feature Ashutosh Kaul, MD, Director, Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery, New York Medical College, Valhalla, who discusses the case of a ...

7-Apr-2010
OHSU Knight Cancer Institute Is First in Pacific Northwest to Perform ...
Media Newswire (press release)
TransOral robotic surgery (TORS) removes tumors from the throat (oropharynx) and voicebox (larynx) while protecting a patient's speech, swallowing and ...

5-Apr-2010
Talking Shop with Dr. Edward Bender, cardiothoracic surgeon, Saint Francis ...
Southeast Missourian
Bender has been at Saint Francis for 13 years and was the first doctor in the area to use the da Vinci robotic surgery system to perform open heart surgery. ...

3-Apr-2010
Robotic-Assisted Surgery Gets Boost from New Training Simulator
HealthLeaders Media
... feel intimidated by it," says Khurshid A. Guru, MD, director of the Center for Robotic Surgery and attending surgeon in RPCI's Department of Urology. ...

3-Apr-2010
Robot joining surgical team at Atrium
Oxford Press
“(Robotic surgery) is better for the patient, better in a lot of ways,” Miller said. “What used to land patients in the hospital for three days, ...

2-Apr-2010
N.J. surgeon Gregg Zimmerman helps lead kidney cancer fight with robotic surgery
newjerseynewsroom.com
Depending on the case, Dr. Zimmerman may decide to perform robotic surgery or laparoscopic surgery. If laparoscopic removal is the appropriate treatment, ...

2-Apr-2010
New Directions for Robotic Surgery
Windhover
By Anne Staylor, Medtech Insight 3/1/2010 Medtech Insight -- Medical robotics has changed dramatically since the 1980s, when neurosurgeons first used a ...

31-Mar-2010
More SGH doctors to be trained in robotic surgery
TODAYonline
The Singapore General Hospital will train 12 more doctors next month to perform robotic surgery, using upgraded equipment that allows two surgical ...

31-Mar-2010
Facts and treatment options for endometriosis
News-Medical.net
“Supported by the leading-edge laparoscopic and robotic surgery at El Camino Hospital, I've been able to treat the vast majority of patients in my practice ...

29-Mar-2010
Chambersburg Hospital shows off robot for surgery
Chambersburg Public Opinion
Sydell, along with surgeons and nurses from the hospital's Robotic Surgery program, stood by to answer questions. Sydell said most of the people asked him ...

27-Mar-2010
Robot surgery may be on its way to Somerset Medical Center
NJ.com
Photo by George PaccielloTrained in robotic surgery, Somerset Medical Center urologist Marc Greenstein said that using the system requires a completely ...

26-Mar-2010
Somerset Medical Center hosts robotic surgery display
myCentralJersy.com
... was in the waiting room of urologist Marc Greenstein's office when he saw a brochure for minimally invasive robotic surgery technology. ...

26-Mar-2010
Hospital mulls new equipment
Covington News
By Gabriel Khouli Newton Medical Center could soon be getting a $1.75 million da Vinci Si Robotic Surgery System and that could mean safer, ...

26-Mar-2010
Man Up! for Prostate Cancer April 1st at The Hard Rock Cafe
Examiner.com
Gochnour's research included the weighing of pros and cons of open surgery versus robotic surgery to remove the prostate. Both forms of surgery have almost ...

26-Mar-2010
Chain's CEO vows deal will help it lower costs
Boston Globe
Ginsburg said the newly rich network could also focus on more profitable advanced services, such as robotic surgery and orthopedic surgery. ...

25-Mar-2010
Robot's aid makes bladder removal easier
Fort Worth Star Telegram
The robotic surgery took about six hours. They then took 23 inches of small intestines to create a new bladder. Murray spent nine days in the hospital, ...

25-Mar-2010
Prostate Cancer Treatment and Robotic Surgery Expert Dr. David Samadi, MD ...
Earthtimes (press release)
"The 'new normal' does not spell 'success' to me," said Samadi, a robotic prostatectomy and robotic surgery expert who has performed over 2250 successful ...

23-Mar-2010
Piedmont Fayette adopts latest surgery technology
The Citizen.com
... is now providing surgeons with the most advanced da Vinci Surgical System available, enabling them to perform minimally invasive robotic surgery. ...

20-Mar-2010
Type of Specialist Seen Affects Treatment Decisions for Men with Prostate Cancer
Cancer Consultants
Robotic surgery is replacing conventional surgery; intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) is replacing conventional external beam radiation therapy; ...

20-Mar-2010
Hickory makes case for Google's fast play in fiber
Charlotte Business Journal
Wright can foresee a time when robotic surgery can be performed from distant locations. “A defective heart valve could be repaired remotely.”

20-Mar-2010
Tiny Technology Holds Big Economic Potential
NewsHour
But, for example, in robotic surgery, the United States still leads, and, in exploratory ideas like micro-robots, and soft robots, and autonomous robots, ...

20-Mar-2010
News In Brief
GreaterKashmir.com (press release)
... of General Surgery, SK Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura Friday conducted a technically advanced workshop on laparoscopic colorectal robotic surgery. ...

19-Mar-2010
Using robotic surgery to help children
San Bernardino Sun
By Michelle J. Mills Staff Writer Pasadena surgeon Chester J. Koh, who brought pediatric robotic surgery to Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, explains how to ...

19-Mar-2010
The Surgeons' Lounge: December 2009
General Surgery News (registration)
Robotic surgery is a rapidly growing field that is being adopted by a number of specialties, including general surgery, bariatric surgery, ...

19-Mar-2010
Expert to talk about surgical innovations at QSTP event
Peninsula On-line
The event is part of the Qatar Science and Technology Park's (QSTP) “TECHTalks” event and was organised by QSTP and the Qatar Robotic Surgery Centre. ...

18-Mar-2010
The Medical Minute: Robotic surgery -- the future is here
Penn State Live
The surgeon always visualizes the real time image of the patient, and there is no virtual reality involved in the robotic surgery. Each patient will need to ...

18-Mar-2010
Robotic surgery offers improved option for hysterectomies
KSL-TV
By Jed Boal SALT LAKE CITY -- Women in Utah facing a hysterectomy now have an improved option, thanks to a new generation of robotic technology. ...

18-Mar-2010
French surgeon, local experts to discuss advances in surgery
Gulf Times
The event is being organised by Qatar Science & Technology Park (QSTP) and Qatar Robotic Surgery Centre (QRSC) in an endeavour to create a regional hub for ...

18-Mar-2010
Kesavadas receives entrepreneurial award
University at Buffalo Reporter
The RoSS was invented by Kesavadas and Khurshid A. Guru, director of the Center for Robotic Surgery at Roswell Park Cancer Institute and attending surgeon ...

18-Mar-2010
Prostate Cancer Treatment Expert Dr. David B. Samadi, MD Responds to Cancer ...
Earthtimes (press release)
Hu's study found that minimally invasive robotic surgery, or robotic prostatectomy, carried a higher risk of impotence and incontinence than traditional ...

18-Mar-2010
Surgeon offering one access point gallbladder surgery
MyWestTexas.com
In the future, the single-incision technique could be supplemented with some robotic surgery. He's done eight SILS cases so far, mostly on younger women, ...

18-Mar-2010
Just a strollin' … in their underwear
The Age
''Epworth was also the first to use robotic surgery,'' she said. ''It has quite an extraordinary history. Since its beginning, the hospital has always had a ...

17-Mar-2010
Transoral robotic surgery for head and neck cancer feels a lot better than ...
Cancer Network
By Lois Wingerson | March 16, 2010 With FDA approval early this year to market robotic surgery applied through the open mouth for oral and throat cancers, ...

17-Mar-2010
Chambersburg Hospital holds robotic surgery open house
Chambersburg Public Opinion
Surgeons and nurses from the hospital's Robotic Surgery program will also be on hand to answer questions. Considered the future of minimally invasive ...

17-Mar-2010
Gujarat to soon boast of Rs 10-cr da Vinci robot surgeon
Rediff
On top of it, while it takes around two months to recover from an open surgery, a patient will up on his feet in 10 days after a robotic surgery as the ...

17-Mar-2010
Robot Surgery, Thy Name is DaVinci
Singularity Hub
Robotic surgery is experiencing explosive growth in America's operating rooms, ... The DaVinci is really just the first wave of robotic surgery as ...

17-Mar-2010
Use of surgical robots on rise in South Florida operating rooms
Merced Sun-Star
MIAMI HERALD STAFF - Dr. Mark Dylewski, here at the controls of the da Vinci Surgical System at South Miami Hospital, argues that robotic surgery is safer, ...

17-Mar-2010
WestJet's Durfy Had Succession Plans in the Works >WJA.T
Wall Street Journal
... was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor, and underwent a successful, yet revolutionary, type of robotic surgery, pioneered by a Calgary neurosurgeon. ...

16-Mar-2010
Robotic surgery catches on
News & Observer
Researchers say the growth in robotic surgery is emblematic of a more general issue. Technology often leads to big advances, which can justify extra costs. ...

16-Mar-2010
Use of surgical robots on rise in South Florida operating rooms
MiamiHerald.com
But critics say that despite its meteoric growth -- or maybe because of it -- robotic surgery lacks an adequate body of solid scientific studies ...

14-Mar-2010
My health, my country
Malaysia Star
... including minimally invasive surgery (of all types), liver transplantation, cardiac transplantation, robotic surgery, and many other sophisticated ...

14-Mar-2010
Proposed medicaid cuts worry hospitals
Knoxville News Sentinel
By Carly Harrington Oak Ridge heart surgeon Bill Hall is framed by the arms of a robotic surgery device in November 2006 at Methodist Medical Center of Oak ...

13-Mar-2010
Winning the fight against prostate cancer
Tampabay.com
It can be done with an open incision or with less invasive laparoscopic or robotic surgery. Surgery has an increased risk of incontinence and erectile ...

13-Mar-2010
News briefs
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Rochester General Hospital recorded robotic surgery No. 3000 Thursday. Dr. John Valvo, RGH medical director of robotic surgery, performed a robotic-assisted ...

13-Mar-2010
Beyond the Abstract - Do we need new surgical techniques to repair vesico ...
UroToday
... curve and high cure rates, new approaches such as laparoscopic or robotic surgery must be carefully evaluated before being suggested as an alternative. ...

12-Mar-2010
Robotic Surgery Milestone
WXXI
ROCHESTER, NY (WXXI) - Rochester General Hospital is celebrating a milestone in robotic surgery this week. It's expected sometime today surgeons will ...

12-Mar-2010
Intuitive Surgical Continues Surge Despite Some Questions
NASDAQ
By Jon Kamp, Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES Intuitive Surgical Inc. (ISRG) keeps marching higher thanks to its robotic- surgery monopoly, and despite questions ...

12-Mar-2010
Wireless Medicine: The Next Trillion-Dollar 'Mega Trend'?
TMCnet
By Erin Harrison Not too long ago, the idea of robotic surgery was considered something of science fiction. Fast-forward to 2010, and breakthrough ...

12-Mar-2010
Florida Surgeon Demonstrates Kidney Sparing Cancer Treatment in Live Surgical ...
Earthtimes (press release)
His residency training in surgery and urology, and a fellowship in robotic surgery, laparoscopy, and endourology, were completed at the University of Miami ...

12-Mar-2010
21st Century Oncology to Hold Seminar on Advanced Technology to Fight Prostate ...
PR-USA.net (press release)
Robotic surgery: Minimally invasive surgical option that minimizes healing and recovery time. CyberKnife Robotic Surgery: A non-invasive surgery system that ...

11-Mar-2010
St. Mary adds new robotic surgical tool
Online Athens
Andrea Burruss holds Kimsey Lerch as John David Lerch, bottom, watches a demonstration of robotic surgery Wednesday at St. Mary's Hospital. ...

11-Mar-2010
Prostate Cancer Treatment Expert Dr. David Samadi, MD Speaks Out
Marketwire (press release)
"This information is contrary to what we know to be true of robotic surgery, which has a high cure rate as well as success in preserving sexual function and ...

10-Mar-2010
ASCO GU: Robotic Surgery Changes Some Prostate CA Treatment
MedPage Today
While doctors still debate whether all patients should get lymph node dissection, these results help answer concern that robotic surgery doesn't do as good ...

10-Mar-2010
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital surgeon sings surgical robot's praises but wouldn't ...
AnnArbor.com
"Well, that would be the same with robotic surgery today." Tina Reed covers health and the environment for AnnArbor.com. ...

10-Mar-2010
Orthopaedic Synergy sets its sights on French robotic surgery firm Praxim
Mass Device
Taunton, Mass.-based Orthopaedic Synergy Inc. plans to acquire French robotic and computer-assisted surgery company Praxim SA for an undisclosed amount. ...

10-Mar-2010
New high-tech handrest for doctors, artists causes less fatigue
Oneindia
He is even thinking of licensing it to companies that manufacture touch-feedback devices, robotic surgery equipment or produce art or refurbish electronics. ...

10-Mar-2010
Redefining Geometric Skeletons
PhysOrg.com
... dimensional reduction in design and analysis, robotic surgery, and a variety of path and motion planning in commercial and defense applications. ...

9-Mar-2010
Robotic surgery steadies irregular heartbeat
Orlando Sentinel
By Fernando Quintero, Orlando Sentinel Behind a glass-walled lab at Florida Hospital, a set of two-ton magnets moves a soft, metal-tipped catheter about the ...

9-Mar-2010
Exactech to Meet with Financial Analysts at AAOS Orthopaedic Meeting; Present ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The investor conference includes companies in orthopaedics, biologics, imaging, robotic surgery and regenerative tissue. Exactech President David Petty will ...

9-Mar-2010
Purdue F Hummel set for knee surgery
Gaea Times (blog)
November 10th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new study has shown that robotic surgery for vaginal prolapse dramatically reduces patient hospital stay and recovery ...

9-Mar-2010
Heal Thyself: Top Five Medical Stocks In IBD 100
Investor's Business Daily (blog)
The leader in robotic surgery systems has beaten profit views by 14%, 11% and 30% in the last three quarters, with profit and sales growth accelerating in ...

9-Mar-2010
Top Techs In IBD 100 Are Big In China, Latin America
Investor's Business Daily (blog)
... which makes robotic surgery systems, and Sirona Dental Systems (SIRO), which sells 3D systems that let dentists design crowns in office to save money.

7-Mar-2010
Hillcrest Hospital offering robotic surgery
Sun Star Courier (blog)
By Sun News staff MAYFIELD HEIGHTS -- Hillcrest and Fairview hospitals are among the few Northeast Ohio hospitals offering robotic surgery. ...

7-Mar-2010
Changes ahead for area hospitals
Middletown Journal
Available soon will be the new da Vinci robotic surgery system, which “will allow for precise, minimally invasive surgical intervention in select procedures ...

6-Mar-2010
What's going to be hot at ACC 2010?
TheHeart.Org
These include a 3D theater, a number of simulation activities for visitors to try out, and a demonstration hybrid OR, complete with robotic surgery.

5-Mar-2010
Transoral robotic surgery showed good oncologic, functional outcomes
HemOncToday
Patients with head and neck cancers treated with transoral robotic surgery — or TORS — had good disease control, DFS and OS, according to the findings of a ...

5-Mar-2010
New robotic system will help surgeries
University at Buffalo The Spectrum
To commercialize and market their new creation, Kesevadas teamed up with Dr. Khurshid A. Guru, director of the Center for Robotic Surgery at Roswell Park, ...

5-Mar-2010
Prostate Cancer Debate Rages
WXIA-TV
Stevens counters that new technology, like robotic surgery, lowers the risks. "How would you know to take advantage of the new technology being developed of ...

5-Mar-2010
Society: Heart of San Diego gala beats strong for CVC
SDNN
“To imagine robotic surgery conducted in India by a heart specialist in La Jolla is the stuff that dreams are made of. UCSD Cardiovascular Center is indeed ...

5-Mar-2010
Engineers can make things better
Times Online
... be in providing solutions to climate change, water or energy security or developing new devices for robotic surgery or new low-carbon technologies etc. ...

4-Mar-2010
'Flight Simulator' for Robotic Surgery Developed
TMCnet
... been developed by University at Buffalo's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Center for Robotic Surgery at Roswell Park Cancer Institute. ...

4-Mar-2010
McKee shows off robotic surgery
The Coloradoan
McKee Medical Center is inviting the public to an open house Saturday to see its robotic surgery system. Participants can visit with surgeons and learn more ...

4-Mar-2010
Opinion: Danny Williams could have had surgery in Canada
DigitalJournal.com
So, I had the robotic surgery --- a misnomer, in my opinion, as the surgeon still performs the surgery, only it is done remotely sitting in front of a ...

3-Mar-2010
Beyond the Abstract - Robotic surgery in male infertility and chronic ...
UroToday
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - The perceived benefits of robotic surgery in terms of elimination of tremor, field magnification, motion scaling, ...

3-Mar-2010
Laparoscopic Prostatectomy and Open Prostatectomy Have Similar Rates of ...
Cancer Consultants
The majority of younger patients with localized prostate cancer will probably continue to choose laparoscopic robotic surgery for its potential benefits ...

1-Mar-2010
Kids' robotic surgery system gets $10M
CBC.ca
The federal government announced a $10-million investment at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children on Monday to develop the KidsArm robotic surgical system. ...

1-Mar-2010
Robotic surgery at SickKids gets boost
Toronto Sun
By JENNY YUEN, Toronto Sun The mom of five-year-old Christian Matienzo says new robotic technology at SickKids hospital will help give her son more ...

1-Mar-2010
Introducing RoSS, a 'Flight Simulator' for Robotic Surgery
Product Design & Development
Buffalo, NY–A collaboration between the Center for Robotic Surgery at Roswell Park Cancer Institute and the University at Buffalo's School of Engineering ...

1-Mar-2010
Prostrate cancer robot campaign launched
WalesOnline
But access to such robotic surgery in Wales could still be as much as five years away. Andy Thomas, a consultant urological surgeon at the Princess of Wales ...

1-Mar-2010
Prostate cancer surgeons 'feel' with their eyes
EurekAlert (press release)
"Anatomical details and visual cues available through robotic surgery not only allow experienced surgeons to compensate for a lack of tactile feedback, ...

1-Mar-2010
Night Read (Minnesota): Minnesota House fails to override Pawlenty veto of ...
MedCity News
ATS Medical Inc. said Monday that a Wisconsin hospital used robotic surgery to implant its stentless aortic replacement valve in a patient. ...

1-Mar-2010
Problems controlling your bladder: Dr. Terrell offers possible ...
Battle Creek Enquirer
He has a special interest in the minimally invasive treatment of women's health conditions using a robotic surgery platform. He joined the Battle Creek ...

28-Feb-2010
The RoSS System Allows for Robotic Surgery Simulations
Softpedia
By Tudor Vieru, Science Editor With the advent of robotic surgery systems such as the da Vinci, the world of doctors performing these procedures has changed ...

28-Feb-2010
Da Vinci: the robot of your heart's future?
Lexington Herald Leader
Still, says Strup of UK: "Robotic surgery is still in its infancy." Technically, Strup says, the da Vinci is not a robot, since it is controlled by a ...

28-Feb-2010
The Buried Treasure in Your TV Dial
New York Times
... like wireless health monitoring — to check diabetics' blood sugar regularly, for example — and remote robotic surgery that can give a patient in Idaho a ...

27-Feb-2010
RoSS, a "Flight Simulator" for Robotic Surgery
VizWorld.com
Intuitive Surgical's daVinci robotic surgery system is gaining traction in the market for its unique ability to combine laparascopic and minimally invasive ...

27-Feb-2010
Students try out robotic surgery system at Overlake Hospital
Seattle Times (blog)
Erick Lo, a student at Eastlake High School, leaves the controls of the da Vinci Surgical System, a new device for minimally-invasive surgery at Overlake ...

27-Feb-2010
Robotic surgery makes procedure easier on everyone
WBRC
So, her OBGYN, Greg Banks, offered her a solution laparoscopic robotic surgery. At Brookwood Medical Center, the device is used to perform hysterectomies, ...

27-Feb-2010
Gators quarterback John Brantley, father stick together through cancer scare
Orlando Sentinel
Though Brantley III is expected to recover smoothly from cancer after successful robotic surgery on March 10, excuse the young quarterback if 3rd-and-6 ...

27-Feb-2010
Region briefs
The Coloradoan
McKee Medical Center invites residents to check out its robotic surgical system during a March 6 open house. During the event, guests can visit with ...

27-Feb-2010
Simulator Trains Surgeons for robot assisted surgery
Mumbai Mirror
By AP One of the first things Mike Ameroso asked while contemplating robotic surgery for his prostate cancer was how many surgeries his doctors had done ...

27-Feb-2010
Jeff Van Patten: The George Bailey of Maumelle
Jacksonville Patriot
... diagnosed with prostate cancer and his lifelong friend, now a surgeon with Arkansas Urology Associates, performed the robotic surgery that saved him. ...

26-Feb-2010
NY-Made Robotic Surgery Simulator Rolled Out
ABC News
By CAROLYN THOMPSON AP Writer AP One of the first things Mike Ameroso asked while contemplating robotic surgery for his prostate cancer was how many ...

26-Feb-2010
Eastside students compete with robotic surgery device at Overlake
Bellevue Reporter
By JOSHUA ADAM HICKS Robotics teams from Eastside high schools warmed up for their upcoming robotics competitions Thursday by trying out the da Vinci ...

26-Feb-2010
Wireless Medicine: The Most Important Healthcare Revolution for the Next 20 Years
Investment U
When the firm went public in 2000, investors were clueless about robotic surgery, let alone the company's market-leading position in the space. ...

26-Feb-2010
West Hartford Pediatric Surgeon Speaks At KO About Technology In Medicine
Hartford Courant
... of clinical affairs and residency site director at Connecticut Children's Medical Center, spoke to students and faculty about pediatric robotic surgery. ...

26-Feb-2010
Good Morning, Buffalo: A quick look at what's happening today
Buffalo News
Engineers from the University at Buffalo and collaborators at Roswell Park Cancer Institute have devised a new robotic surgery simulator, which they think ...

25-Feb-2010
John Muir Health Offers Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery
Business Wire (press release)
John Muir Health has been at the forefront of providing robotic surgery options to patients since 2002. Surgeons at John Muir Health use two ...

25-Feb-2010
Media Advisory: UB and Roswell Park Will Unveil a New Technology that Will ...
UB News Center
Members of the media will have a chance to see and even try their hand at using a new, robotic surgery simulator invented by University at Buffalo engineers ...

24-Feb-2010
UCD Performs First Robotic Heart Surgery In Calif.
CBS 13
The $1.8 million robot, named "Da Vinci," is one of the new tools UC Davis hopes will help them become the premier robotic surgery center in the country. ...

24-Feb-2010
Study Shows Advantages of Robotic Surgery for Kidney Condition
Renal Business Today
WINSTON-SALEM, NC—A comparison of two types of minimally invasive surgery to repair kidney blockages that prevent urine from draining normally to the ...

24-Feb-2010
Open and laparoscopic prostate surgery equal
Cancerfacts.com
Robotic surgery is a variation on the laparoscopic surgery that uses a robotic control of the surgical instruments to allow the surgeon more precise control ...

24-Feb-2010
Online forum
Cayman Net News
It was not clear whether MSI and Dr Krongrad were offering laparoscopic prostate surgery or da Vinci robotic surgery. As a robotic prostate surgeon; ...

24-Feb-2010
Titan Medical Inc. to Receive Contribution Through NRC-IRAP
MarketWatch (press release)
The financial assistance will support Titan's development program of its robotic arm technology for Amadeus(R), the next generation robotic surgery platform ...

24-Feb-2010
Mazor Surgical's share soars after IBI recommendation
Globes
Mazor has three devices already approved for marketing: SpineAssist, which performs robotic surgery and has already recorded several million dollars worth ...

24-Feb-2010
Nicholson Center adding medical simulation in new $35M center
Orlando Business Journal
Florida Hospital's Nicholson Center for Surgical Advancement, which focuses on robotic surgery and training, will start construction by June for its new $35 ...

23-Feb-2010
Robotic Surgery Benefits Seen for Hysterectomy
MedPage Today
By Nancy Walsh, Contributing Writer, MedPage Today Explain to interested patients that robotically-assisted surgery for hysterectomy is associated with few ...

23-Feb-2010
DaVinci robots installed at Qatar surgery centre
Gulf Times
By Bonnie James The Qatar Robotic Surgery Centre (QRSC), the only facility of its kind in the Middle East and one of the largest in the world, ...

23-Feb-2010
Doctors at AnMed Health say robotic surgical system gives greater precision
Anderson Independent Mail
More than 75 AnMed Health staff members celebrated the launch of the hospital's robotic surgery program on Monday during an open house at the hospital. ...

23-Feb-2010
Dr. Roboto: New surgical robot at Allen to improve patient outcomes
Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
Some critics also claim clinical data doesn't support contentions that patients fare better with robotic surgery, but Kaaki said the research he has found ...

23-Feb-2010
Is newer prostate surgery really better than the old?
National Post
Dr. Jason Engel, Director of Urologic Robotic Surgery at George Washington University Hospital in Washington, DC, agrees that surgeon experience is key to ...

23-Feb-2010
UCLA Cardiothoracic Surgery Chief Elected Director-at-Large of the Society of ...
Newswise (press release)
... leading cardiothoracic surgeons, Shemin has a national reputation performing valvular repair and is an expert in minimally invasive robotic surgery. ...

23-Feb-2010
Researcher sees robotic surgery benefits
Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area
Robot-assisted kidney surgery is faster and results in less blood loss and shorter hospital stays when compared to other methods, researchers at Wake Forest ...

23-Feb-2010
Heart Surgery performed on rare condition at Chettinad Health City"
India PRwire (press release)
The Institute of Cardio Vascular Disease at CHC is among the best not only in India but also in Asia with specialized surgeries like the Robotic Surgery and ...

22-Feb-2010
For prostate removal, robots rule
Globe and Mail
It is state-of-the-art robotic surgery. Moments earlier, Dr. El-Hakim, a surgeon at Sacré-Coeur Hospital in Montreal, made a series of small incisions into ...

21-Feb-2010
Fairview Hospital now offers robotic surgery
Sun Star Courier
By Sun News staff Nurse Linda Lee, an operating room team leader in robotic surgery at Fairview Hospital, gives Fairview Park Mayor Eileen Patton some ...

21-Feb-2010
Study Shows Advantages of Robotic Surgery for Kidney Condition
Newswise (press release)
Newswise — A comparison of two types of minimally invasive surgery to repair kidney blockages that prevent urine from draining normally to the bladder found ...

20-Feb-2010
Robots may assist surgeons
Wilton Bulletin
They will discuss the use of advanced robotic surgery in urological and gynecological procedures. Norwalk Hospital urologists and gynecologists use the ...

20-Feb-2010
Chair, Neurobiology Research
Scientific American
There are also surgical education and research programs in the areas of endoscopic surgery, robotic surgery, and microsurgery within the fields of burn care ...

20-Feb-2010
Fast-Track Approval Process for Devices Under Scrutiny
MedPage Today
... more than 120000 products through the process, ranging from simple devices such as condoms, to complex machines such as a robotic surgery system. ...

19-Feb-2010
University of Rochester Expands Robotic Surgeries to Oral, Pharyngeal Cancers
University of Rochester Newsroom
The Medical Center is creating a Center for Robotic Surgery and Innovation to expand the use of robotic technology at Strong Memorial Hospital and expand ...

19-Feb-2010
AnMed Health Hospital unveils surgical robot
Greenville News
Robotic surgery is popular with doctors because it offers enhanced visibility, agility and precision. For patients, it means smaller incisions, ...

19-Feb-2010
Walgreens Named as One of Fast Company Magazine's Most Innovative Health Care ...
MarketWatch (press release)
... system Kaiser Permanente, patient-community network Patients Like Me, robotic surgery leader Intuitive Surgical and technology providers GE and Cisco. ...

18-Feb-2010
Robotic Surgery
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
Swedish Hospital has the distinction of offering the first surgical suite in the world that has been built specifically for robotic surgery. ...

18-Feb-2010
Pushback begins against robotic surgery
ZDNet (blog)
The rising popularity of robotic surgery, along with the fast-rising profits and stock price of robot maker Intuitive Surgical, is finally starting to draw ...

18-Feb-2010
Robotic surgery, now an option at Hillcrest, helps patients recover more quickly
News-Herald.com
Many surgical procedures using standard laparoscopic techniques are being performed more quickly and easily using robotic surgery, doctors have found. ...

18-Feb-2010
Deadline looms for free seminar on robotic surgery
The Desert Sun
Dr. Enrique Jacome, a gynecologist, will present “Medical Milestones: Robotic Surgery for Women.” He was the first physician in Riverside County to perform ...

18-Feb-2010
Robot lends hand in cardiac bypass surgery
PhysOrg.com
(PhysOrg.com) -- Two cardiothoracic surgeons at UC Davis Medical Center have performed the first robotic-assisted, multi-arterial, cardiac bypass procedure ...

18-Feb-2010
Robotic Surgery Expert Dr. David Samadi, MD Discusses New York Times Article ...
Earthtimes (press release)
In his practice as a robotic surgery and prostatectomy expert, Samadi utilizes the da Vinci robot to remove cancerous prostate glands. ...

17-Feb-2010
(Photo Mike Hensdill/The Gaston Gazette) Dr. Ciamack Kamdar works ...
Gaston Gazette
“Over 90 percent of my patients go home the next day, and the catheter only stays in seven days” with robotic surgery, said Kamdar. ...

17-Feb-2010
da Vinci Robot Hoopla Reaches Pages of NYT
Medgadget.com
In last week's Sunday New York Times the newspaper profiled the controversy surrounding the adoption of robotic surgery technology in America's hospitals. ...

17-Feb-2010
100Mbps to the home? How about to schools instead?
ZDNet (blog)
... community hospital, though, so that doctors there could access state-of-the-art consultation or even robotic surgery conducted by doctors in Boston. ...

17-Feb-2010
MGH plans museum to showcase its story
Boston Globe
Robotic surgery equipment could be a more modern subject, along with medical advances from the battlefield, or a cancer drug's journey from lab bench to ...

17-Feb-2010
Medtech sector poised to double revenues
TVNZ
International speakers include Jonathan Sackier, professor of surgery at the University of Virginia, who was involved in pioneering robotic surgery.

17-Feb-2010
Fluorescent probes light up cancerous tumors
EurekAlert (press release)
In addition, such biological probes can be used in laparoscopic and robotic surgery, where surgeons cannot feel the tumor, and rely much more on sight. ...

17-Feb-2010
Cervical cancer: One Woman's Journey
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
Sarah soon underwent robotic surgery (more on this in an upcoming piece) to remove her cervix and uterus. Her ovaries were spared, allowing for the ...

17-Feb-2010
SurgiQuest drums up $14.5 million
Mass Device
... Inc. (NSDQ:ISRG) to incorporate its AirSeal technology into a disposable laparoscopic access system for use with Intuitive's robotic surgery device. ...

15-Feb-2010
Patients Requesting Robotic Surgery
Robots.net (blog)
Patients needing delicate surgery for prostate cancer treatment are requesting robotic assistance in increasing numbers in spite of unclear advantages and ...

15-Feb-2010
Results Unproven, Robotic Surgery Wins Converts
BlueRidgeNow.com
And with prostate cancer, more is at stake than just an academic dispute, said Dr. Jason D. Engel, director of urologic robotic surgery at George Washington ...

15-Feb-2010
Robotic surgery wins over patients, despite lack of research
Denver Post
By Gina Kolata At age 42, Dr. Jeffrey A. Cadeddu feels like a dinosaur in urologic surgery. He was trained to take out cancerous prostates the traditional ...

14-Feb-2010
Results Unproven, Robotic Surgery Wins Converts
New York Times
“I have not seen anyone who has done a good amount of robotic surgery go back,” said Dr. Vipul Patel, who has done more than 3500 robot-assisted prostate ...

14-Feb-2010
Hospital set for da Vinci robot
Providence Journal
By Felice J. Freyer Dr. Christina A. Bandera, director of robotic surgery at Women & Infants Hospital, at a model of the console that she will use when the ...

13-Feb-2010
Public Invited to FREE Lecture Featuring da Vinci Robot - February 22
The Desert Sun
Board Certified gynecologist Enrique Jacome, MD, will be present "Medical Milestones - Robotic Surgery for Women" on Monday, February 22 at 5:30 pm at the ...

12-Feb-2010
TMH expands its capability by acquiring new systems for robotic surgery
Tallahassee.com
Ramsey said the advantages of robotic surgery are many. Incisions are small, there is less blood loss and the potential for infection is reduced. ...

12-Feb-2010
Noted Surgeons Give High Marks to Viking Systems' "Next Gen" 3D System in ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Sam B. Bhayani, MD is currently Assistant Professor and Co-Director of Robotic Surgery in the Division of Urological Surgery at Washington University School ...

12-Feb-2010
Baptist Hospital Looks To Add New Surgery Building
WFMY News 2
The project includes the construction of the building with eight operating rooms, two procedure rooms, a simulation operating room and a robotic surgery ...

12-Feb-2010
This Week on ORLive (February 11, 2010): Live Robot-Assisted Nephrectomy and ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)
WEST HARTFORD, CT -- (Marketwire) -- 02/11/10 -- ORLive, your destination for live and on-demand surgery video, will present a live robot-assisted ...

12-Feb-2010
UMaine now offers robotics minor
WCSH-TV
Of course with the advent or robotic surgery, which is getting to be a giant field in medicine, there's a lot of interest among students to come to UMaine. ...

11-Feb-2010
Newly-renamed Mercy West debuts robotic surgery
Farragutpress
Baptist Hospital West has become the first hospital in West Knox County with robotic surgery equipment, with the first surgery performed in January. ...

11-Feb-2010
'Perverse incentive' in current health care system, says expert
CNN
Doctor's Hospital at Renaissance has brought cutting edge technology and world-class services to South Texas, including robotic surgery, state-of-the-art ...

10-Feb-2010
Stereotactic percutaneous cryoablation for renal tumors: Initial clinical ...
UroToday
Center for Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute and Department of Radiology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio. ...

10-Feb-2010
Heroes and Villains at TED
BusinessWeek
Smaller : Robotic surgery means scarless surgery; Microbots will be able to clean out arteries. Cheaper : We're approaching the $100 genome. In a few years, ...

9-Feb-2010
Chindex 3Q profit rises on tax refund, sales of robotic surgery ...
CanadianBusiness.com
Its best selling products included da Vinci robotic surgical systems — which are made by Intuitive Surgical — and the S/SC 2000 ultrasound platform. ...

9-Feb-2010
Asian Heart Institute to get robotic arm
Sakaal Times
“Five to 10 years down the line, robotic surgery will be the technique for surgery, be it in the fields of general surgery, orthopaedics, cardiac surgery, ...

9-Feb-2010
Surgeons turn to da Vinci code in scar wars against cancer
The Standard
The Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital has introduced a new method of robotic surgery for thyroid cancer sufferers which dramatically cuts scarring. ...

9-Feb-2010
Robotic Prostatectomy Expert Dr. David B. Samadi, MD Featured in Spanish ...
PR-USA.net (press release)
When it comes to robotic surgery, a large component of the procedure is the robot itself. However, it's not the main character. There is an experienced, ...

9-Feb-2010
Robotics Technology Reaches Madison Operating Rooms
WISC
"It's unbelievable what might happen in the future with this robotic surgery, applications of it." With Clausius' procedure in December, Meriter became the ...

9-Feb-2010
ProMedica Health System Announces New Heart and Vascular Institutes
Market Wire (press release)
... including arterial bypass surgery for limb salvage and carotid surgery for ... such as minimally-invasive heart valve surgery, vascular robotic surgery ...

9-Feb-2010
Keeping fit, having fun
Carlisle Sentinel
Attendees will also get to see Holy Spirit's daVinci robotic surgery system, which is used for minimally invasive surgery in gynecological procedures. ...

9-Feb-2010
ProMedica Health System Announces New Heart and Vascular Institutes
Earthtimes (press release)
... most advanced surgical and catheterization techniques, such as minimally-invasive heart valve surgery, vascular robotic surgery and complex ablations. ...

7-Feb-2010
WE ,WE , ROBOTROBOT
TMCnet
St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids is helping in one area with its robotic surgery program. Visiting doctors are learning about robotic surgery with the ...

4-Feb-2010
The expanded benefits of modern surgical technology
Kelowna.com
Goldenberg, an expert on robotic surgery and chairman of Urology at University of British Columbia, it is important to remember that this is still major ...

3-Feb-2010
Robotic Prostatectomy Expert Dr. David B. Samadi, MD Featured in Spanish ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)
The article demonstrates the human side of robotic surgery, presenting the person behind the robot. Dr. Samadi believes in treating the patient mentally, ...

2-Feb-2010
Robotic Surgery - Topic of next Medicine 2010 lecture at Norwalk Hospital
Connecticut Plus
By Norwalk Hospital The next topic in the Norwalk Hospital Medicine 2010 series is "Learn About Advanced Robotic Surgery". This program will be held on ...

2-Feb-2010
Surgeons at Barnes-Jewish Perform 1000th da Vinci Case
Healthcanal.com
LOUIS - Surgeons at Barnes-Jewish Hospital hit a milestone in January with their 1000th robotic surgery case using the da Vinci surgical system. ...

2-Feb-2010
Major changes to Canadian med schools
Macleans.ca
Image-guided and robotic surgery weren't exactly standard procedure in 1910. But as Dr. Nick Busing, President and CEO of the Association of Faculties of ...

29-Jan-2010
Minimally Invasive Techniques Achieve Excellent Outcomes in Patients With ...
DG News
Robotic surgery was associated with a significantly higher 5-year survival rate: 95%, compared with 87% for patients who underwent sternotomy and 82% for ...

29-Jan-2010
Albany Med gets surgical robot
Troy Record
By Danielle Sanzone ALBANY — Albany Medical Center's new advanced robotic surgical system — the only machine of its kind in the region — is like a cross ...

29-Jan-2010
Surgeon studies effect of a pre-operative 'warm up'
7thSpace Interactive (press release)
... up prior to surgery, and we're including experienced surgeons in our study," said Lendvay, co-director of Seattle Children's Robotic Surgery Center. ...

29-Jan-2010
Weird Financial News
Motley Fool
You'd think any hospital trying to attract workers might showcase state-of-the-art equipment by Stryker (NYSE: SYK) or robotic surgery machines by Intuitive ...

28-Jan-2010
New robotic surgery system in Capital Region
WTEN
By MARK O'BRIEN ALBANY, NY -- Doctors at Albany Medical Center have been training on the Da Vinci SI robotic surgery system for the past month. ...

28-Jan-2010
St. Mary's Hospital to acquire robotic surgery program
The Catholic Transcript
WATERBURY – New robotic technology that has been assisting doctors throughout the state is coming to St. Mary's Hospital in Waterbury. ...

28-Jan-2010
Robotic Prostatectomy Expert Dr. David B. Samadi, MD Joins Celebrities ...
Market Wire (press release)
... at which point he opted for a radical prostatectomy," said Dr. Samadi, who has successfully treated over 2100 cases in his robotic surgery practice. ...

28-Jan-2010
Hoping to profit from puppy love
Waterbury Republican American
BY CARRIE MACMILLAN | REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN Raising money for a new robotic surgery program is the evening's goal, but a four-legged ball of fur will likely ...

26-Jan-2010
Robotics give boost to delicate surgery
Daily Inter Lake
With benefits including less pain, reduced recovery time and minimal scarring, it's not surprising that robotic surgery has fired interest across America ...

26-Jan-2010
2010 Recovery In Capital Expenditures By Hospitals Will Benefit Specific ...
The Wall Street Transcript (blog)
I also follow the robotic surgery market though my coverage of Intuitive Surgical, which is a hold-rated stock in my universe. Intuitive Surgical has been ...

25-Jan-2010
Robotic Surgery Centre gets hi-tech simulators
Gulf Times
Qatar Robotic Surgery Centre (QRSC), which is to start its activities in May this year at the Qatar Science and Technology Park, has taken delivery of three ...

25-Jan-2010
Dr. Walter Speaks On Prostate Cancer At Jamestown Rotary
Jamestown Post Journal
Treatment includes radical surgery to remove the entire gland and minimally invasive (robotic) surgery. Radiation treatments include: brachytherapy, ...

25-Jan-2010
GRAYSON DELIVERS MILLIONS TO FLORIDA HOSPITAL TO SAVE TROOPS' LIVES AND CREATE ...
BigNews.biz (press release)
... house this outstanding facility where physicians from all over the world will have the opportunity to further improve their skills in robotic surgery. ...

23-Jan-2010
Robotic-assisted Cystectomy More Expensive than Open Surgery for Bladder Cancer
Cancer Consultants
The main reason for higher costs for robotic surgery was operating room expenses. These authors pointed out that this was a single institution study that ...

23-Jan-2010
Intuitive Surgical rises on 4Q results and outlook
BusinessWeek
Shares of Intuitive Surgical Inc. jumped to a two-year high Friday after the maker of robotic surgery devices posted strong fourth quarter results and ...

23-Jan-2010
US close: Dow takes another pounding
ShareCast
Robotic surgery systems supplier Intuitive Surgical reported better than expected fourth quarter earnings. The shares have more than trebled over the past ...

22-Jan-2010
Intuitive Surgical Announces Fourth Quarter Earnings
CNNMoney.com (press release)
Led by outstanding patient outcomes, robotic surgery adoption with patients and the medical community at large continues to grow. ...

21-Jan-2010
University of California Irvine position offered: Academic Urologic Oncologist
UroToday
Additional training/experience in laparoscopy and robotic surgery is highly desirable. Position includes participation in research programs and teaching of ...

21-Jan-2010
Robotic Prostatectomy Expert and Oncologist Dr. David B. Samadi, MD Discusses ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Dr. Samadi, a renowned oncologist who is also an expert in open, laparoscopic and robotic surgery, does not rely on the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test ...

21-Jan-2010
surgery may not be the only fix for appendicitis: study
New York Daily News
But there's no way of knowing whose appendix will rupture, or at what point, says Dr. Scott Belsley, director of robotic surgery at St. Luke's-Roosevelt ...

21-Jan-2010
Banner Heart Hospital opens new heart care unit
EVLiving
Banner Heart is home to the Southwest's premier robotic surgery program, with more than 300 procedures already completed. Banner Heart Hospital opened in ...

20-Jan-2010
Loyola One of Few Medical Centers to Use Robots to Treat Lung Cancer
Newswise (press release)
Robotic surgery for lung cancer is done thoracoscopically, in which a tiny camera is inserted through a small incision in order to give surgeons a ...

20-Jan-2010
Cardica's C-Port(R) Flex-A(R) Anastomosis System to Be Used for Development of ...
PR Newswire (press release)
"I am eager to take cardiac robotic surgery to the next level by coupling this and other leading edge technologies for superior patient results. ...

20-Jan-2010
Quiz night to aid Robbie the Robot appeal
Reading Post
The Da Vinci robot currently operates on patients with prostate cancer and other departments are being trained in robotic surgery to give more patients in ...

17-Jan-2010
Hands-off approach: Da Vinci surgical system becoming new standard of care
Knoxville News Sentinel
"My (robotic surgery) patients have seen great outcomes with less pain and discomfort in the recovery period," said urologist Dr. Christopher Harris, ...

16-Jan-2010
Robotic surgery and biofuels among Tedco funding targets
Business Gazette
by Gazette Staff | Software for robotic surgery and a high-sugar sorghum for biofuels are among the products being developed by nine companies that have ...

16-Jan-2010
PREVIEW-Intuitive shrs ready to slide if results disappoint
Reuters
Intuitive has no competitors for its robotic surgery system, which is used most often in urology and gynecology, but is increasingly used in other ...

16-Jan-2010
Grayson steers $4.2M to local clinic
Orlando Sentinel (blog)
... to tout $4.2 million in federal funding that the Orlando Democrat netted for a local clinic and its efforts to develop robotic surgery techniques. ...

16-Jan-2010
Hospital for Special Surgery Orthopedists Lead Symposium in India on Advances ...
AScribe (press release)
... on topics including complications of total hip arthroplasty, and Anil S. Ranawat, MD, who presented on the future direction of robotic surgery. ...

16-Jan-2010
Now Is the Time to Invest in Health Care
Minyanville.com
On the other hand, devices tend to have a pretty good economic profile (robotic surgery gizmos excepting), so they may benefit in the long run. ...

15-Jan-2010
CAE's healthcare subsidiary acquires ultrasound training companies
Winnipeg Free Press
The acquisitions follow a November agreement with Titan Medical for the development of a clinical-grade robotic surgery platform. ...

13-Jan-2010
Robotic Prostatectomy Expert Dr. David Samadi, MD Stresses the Importance of a ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)
An oncologist trained in open, laparoscopic and robotic surgery, Samadi feels that the broad training is what gives him his enhanced expertise in robotics. ...

13-Jan-2010
UF study: State-of-the-art robotic procedure can cut 20 minutes off a ...
Ocala
Dr. Bryant Whiting, a urology resident, assists Dr. Sijo Parekattil with a robotic surgery to reverse a vasectomy. Parekattil conducted a year-long study ...

13-Jan-2010
University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center nixes $650-million hospital ...
Crain's Chicago Business
Still, its 500-physician medical staff has built some nationally prominent programs, including in eye care, organ transplants and robotic surgery. ...

12-Jan-2010
Free Seminar Offered on Robotic Surgery in Gynecology and Infertility
Media Newswire (press release)
"Robotic Surgery: Game-changer or Gimmick" will be presented at 6 pm Thursday, January 21, at The Women's Health Pavilion, 500 Red Creek Drive in Henrietta. ...

12-Jan-2010
Robot prostate surgery has downsides, needs more data
Reuters
The authors did not compare robotic surgery complication rates to traditional surgery rates. The researchers also found that surgeons who have done fewer ...

12-Jan-2010
St. E. Holds Seminar On Women's Health
kypost.com
... a free seminar for women and their spouses on the topic of women's health: hysterectomy and the fundamentals of robotic surgery on Thursday, Jan. ...

12-Jan-2010
Virtual 3D Liver Surgery System Helps Surgeons Practise For Real Thing
Medical News Today
According to a statement released earlier this month from the EUREKA secretariat, the system simulates "laparoscopic and robotic surgery, with tissue ...

12-Jan-2010
A new face at Danbury Hospital brings research and expertise
Danbury News Times
Although with all the other work she has planned there -- research, administration, clinical work -- she wants to expand the hospital's robotic surgery ...

12-Jan-2010
Most CNY hospital CEOs earn more despite economy
The Post-Standard - Syracuse.com
... lower obstetric patient volume and costs associated with the expansion of its bariatric surgery program and a new robotic surgery program. ...

9-Jan-2010
BUY OR SELL-Is there any upside left in Mako Surgical?
Reuters
"Upside to sales from new RIO units and implant volumes should raise confidence in this emerging robotic surgery growth story," PiperJaffray analyst Matt ...

9-Jan-2010
3-D liver trains scientists for more accurate tumour removal surgery
Daily News & Analysis
Simulation of laparoscopic and robotic surgery, with tissue resistance, can be used either to practice the exact surgery proposed for an individual patient, ...

9-Jan-2010
Biggest Medical Breakthroughs and Milestones of the Last Decade Broadcast on ...
CNNMoney.com (press release)
... and top specialists break down the biggest medical advances of last ten years for nationwide audience Topics include robotic surgery, the first human ...

9-Jan-2010
Mt. Sinai Announces Partnership With Columbia Univ
CBS 4
That program seeks to bring together researchers and clinical experts in endoscopic, laparoscopic, and robotic surgery. ``With this new partnership, ...

9-Jan-2010
Luna Innovations jumps on Intuitive deal extension
BusinessWeek
Luna Innovations Inc. said Friday it extended an agreement to develop and supply sensory systems used in Intuitive Surgical Inc.'s robotic surgery devices. ...

7-Jan-2010
CANADA VENTURE: Building A Better Medical Robot
Wall Street Journal
Amadeus is a robotic surgery platform being developed by Toronto-based Titan Medical Inc. (TMD.V). Its aim is to improve upon the da Vinci robotic device ...

7-Jan-2010
UF urologists use robot to shave time off vasectomy reversal, raise sperm counts
University of Florida
But two months after surgery, average sperm count in the robotic surgery group was 54 million, compared with 11 million in the microscopic surgery group. ...

7-Jan-2010
Morningstar Selects Mark Miller of Stericycle Inc. as its 2009 CEO of the Year
PR Newswire (press release)
The three other nominees for Morningstar's 2009 CEO of the Year award were Hunter Harrison of Canadian National Railway; Lonnie Smith of robotic surgery ...

6-Jan-2010
Suburban hospitals forced to be competitive
phillyBurbs.com
And robotic surgery was science fiction. Today most local hospitals have at least two cardiac cath labs. Most have opened comprehensive cancer, cardiac care ...

6-Jan-2010
Keeping It Clean With Minimally Invasive Products
Product Design & Development
My practice has been only laparoscopic and robotic surgery for the past four or five years. I also used to do a lot of teaching for Ethicon-Endo Surgery, ...

5-Jan-2010
Robotic Surgery in Columbus, Ohio: Patients Recover from Surgery Faster and ...
24-7PressRelease.com (press release)
Physicians at these two facilities are utilizing robotic surgery to perform complex and delicate procedures through very small incisions, ...

4-Jan-2010
Professor to address cancers in women
Ventura County Star
... of gynecologic malignancies, including radical ovarian cancer surgery and the most recent advances in minimally invasive surgery and robotic surgery. ...

3-Jan-2010
A robot's touch for surgery on the Grand Strand
Myrtle Beach Sun News
There is less pain during recovery and patients are able to return to normal activities much sooner after robotic surgery. Roberts said he's most impressed ...

2-Jan-2010
Arlington man is the first in North Texas to undergo robot-assisted lung-tumor ...
Fort Worth Star Telegram
Robotic surgery — in which a surgeon remotely controls instruments attached to a robotic arm — is commonly used for hysterectomies, prostatectomies and some ...

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