31-Dec-2011
Surgeon hailed as 'best'
This Is Hampshire
The maxillofacial, head and neck surgeon is known for his reconstructive work, and res-earch and development of robotic surgery. ...

30-Dec-2011
Skittish Market's Winners and Losers Point the Way
TIME
Intuitive Surgical This surgical systems manufacturer rose 78% as investors focused on its domination of a niche area of the robotic surgery equipment ...

30-Dec-2011
A New Year message from Andrew Mitchell, president and CEO ...
Riverhead LOCAL
Our pioneering robotic surgery program continues to expand, with surgeons from Columbia University, Lenox Hill, and Harvard leading this impressive new ...

29-Dec-2011
I'm Buying This Stock Right Now
Motley Fool
MAKO's robotic surgery system, dubbed Rio, has proved itself as an effective solution to knee procedures that don't involve all three compartments of the ...

29-Dec-2011
Should You Be Checked for Fibroids?
EmpowHer
She had robotic surgery for her fibroids that allowed a much less invasive procedure, led to a much quicker recovery and her fertility was preserved. ...

28-Dec-2011
Austin Fertility Doctors Tinker with Robots: Texas Fertility ...
PR Web
Robotic surgery involves the use of three to four robotic arms that are manipulated by the surgeon from a remote console. One robotic arm contains a camera ...

28-Dec-2011
Simulation pioneer turns to medical applications
Binghamton University Research News - Insights and Innovations
He wants to examine the complications surrounding robotic surgery done remotely, including questions about satellite and phone connections. ...

27-Dec-2011
TTSH first to perform robotic gastrectomy in SE Asia
Channel News Asia
Dr Jaideepraj Rao, a consultant with the Department of General Surgery at TTSH, said: "In this key hole surgery or robotic surgery, the incisions are ...

26-Dec-2011
Caseload growing for surgical robots
Louisville Courier-Journal
The 47-year-old Louisvillian is part of a fast-growing but controversial trend — robotic surgery. Intuitive Surgical Inc. of California, the nation's largest surgical robot company and maker of the da Vinci Surgical System used for Towns' operation, ...

24-Dec-2011
Wilmington newborn is world's youngest to get robotic surgery
WRAL.com
Chapel Hill, NC — A newborn Wilmington boy has become the youngest and smallest patient in the world to undergo robotic surgery. When Raiden Jewett was born on Nov. 13, his first breaths of life sounded odd. "They thought he was just congested, ...

23-Dec-2011
NJ surgeons on the cutting edge in fight against sleep apnea
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
By Seth Augenstein/The Star-Ledger Enlarge Ed Murray/The Star-Ledger Doctors Adrianna Hekiert and Amy Lazar perform Trans Oral Robotic Surgery for sleep apnea on Charles Theobald at the Somerset Medical Center in Somerville on Monday, Dec. 12. ...

23-Dec-2011
Help for shopping procrastinators. Friday on Your Morning News starting at 5 am
Central Florida News 13
Robotics surgery offers patients choices at St. Anthony's Hospital St. Anthony's Hospital in St. Petersburg has enhanced its robotic surgery capabilities with an imaging technique that allows surgeons to better visualize and assess anatomy. ...

22-Dec-2011
Robotic Surgery with One Small Incision, US First
UCSD Medical Center
“Our goal is to offer surgery options that reduce discomfort, shorten hospital stays and minimize scarring,” said Horgan, a robotic surgery expert and director of the UC San Diego Center for the Future of Surgery. “With the aid of this robotic system, ...

22-Dec-2011
FDA OKs Gall Bladder Surgery For Intuitive's Da Vinci
Investor's Business Daily
By MARILYN MUCH, INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY Posted 02:21 PM ET Robotic surgery hotshot Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) likes to stay on the cutting edge of its field. So rather than resting on its laurels, the maker of the da Vinci robotic surgical system ...

22-Dec-2011
Star-Ledger Photos of the Day
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
By Jennifer Brown/The Star-Ledger Doctors Amy Lazar and Adrianna Hekiert perform Trans Oral Robotic Surgery for sleep apnea on Charles Theobald at the Somerset Medical Center in Somerville on Monday, December 12, 2011. Lazar is working manually while ...

21-Dec-2011
First Robotic Total Hip Replacement Performed At Wuesthoff
Space Coast Medicine and Healthy Living
CENTRAL FLORIDA, USA – One of the most significant advances in modern medicine in the past decade has been the use of robotic surgery, hailed for its precision, smaller incisions and faster healing time. In Brevard County, robotic surgery is impacting ...

21-Dec-2011
New Robotic-Assisted Technology Transforms Treatment of Kidney Tumors
Newswise (press release)
“The rapid growth of our robotic surgery program has helped us to acquire the latest advances in robotics to better serve our patients.” Fluorescence imaging technology, coupled with real-time, 3D visualization and fully articulated instruments used by ...

19-Dec-2011
Birmingham's IMS helps to keep robot surgery equipment in top shape
The Birmingham News - al.com (blog)
The growing popularity of robotic surgery has created a challenge in caring for such instruments, a task being tackled by Birmingham medical company IMS. The surgical instrument management and consulting firm contracts with hospitals across the country ...

17-Dec-2011
Mesquite Hospital Introduces Robotic Surgery
NBC Dallas-Fort Worth
By Tammy Mutasa Dallas Regional Medical Center is introducing a partial knee resurfacing technology using a new robotic arm interactive system. Orthopedic surgeons call the million-dollar, cutting-edge robotic arm the "treatment of the future" for ...

17-Dec-2011
Prostate Cancer Surgical Outcomes Optimized by Combining Open, Laparoscopic ...
Marketwire (press release)
Attributing his success to a "3-in-1 approach, three surgeons in one head," Dr. Samadi is one of few urologic surgeons worldwide with fellowship training in open surgery, laparoscopic surgery and robotic surgery. "The robot enhances the procedure, ...

17-Dec-2011
Patient Positioning Tips
OutpatientSurgery.net
Robotic surgery presents positioning challenges, says Dr. Capino. In transaxillary robotic-assisted thyroidectomies, for example, where the ipsilateral arm is positioned in extension to more than 90 degrees above the head (to allow the robotic arms ...

17-Dec-2011
BRMC adds da Vinci Surgical System
Baxter Bulletin
Development of the technology accelerated rapidly beginning in 2000 with the Food and Drug Administration's approval of the first configurations of robotic surgery. "It's not the best thing since sliced bread, because the technology will change," ...

16-Dec-2011
ASC Specialty to Watch: Gynecology in 2012
Becker's ASC Review
Gynecological robotic surgery is growing. In 2010, more hysterectomies were performed with the da Vinci surgical system than any other procedure, according to Intuitive Surgical, the company that manufactures the system. ...

16-Dec-2011
DaVinci Robot now used for Lung Surgery
WJHG-TV
Cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Reed Finney says "with robotic surgery the ICU is typically a day, the hospital three or four days and recovery's much quicker... a few weeks." Dr. Finney describes is as "a series of robotic arms. the surgeon is still the ...

15-Dec-2011
Hospital of Saint Raphael inaugurates new da Vinci robotic surgery system
ShorelinePlus.com
By Hospital of Saint Raphael NEW HAVEN, CT - The Hospital of Saint Raphael has acquired a new da Vinci robotic surgery system to meet the needs of the hospital's growing Robotic Surgery program. Saint Raphael's new da Vinci Si HD system is among the ...

15-Dec-2011
For first time in Spain, team of surgeons undertake robotic surgery for ...
Basque Research
In these cases, robotic surgery takes approximately an hour longer than conventional thyroid operations because, from the axilla to the thyroid gland the surgical route is longer. However, doctor Alcalde stresses that, with the transaxillar procedure ...

15-Dec-2011
Robotic Knee Surgery and home the same day!
WNDU-TV
All three doctors say studies prove the robotic surgery, guided by a cat scan, is four times more precise than traditional knee surgery. Dr. Kelbel explains the added safety, "the robot will only allow us to go within the pre-operative plan that we ...

15-Dec-2011
Tulare hospital hosts live transmission of second robotic surgery
Visalia Times-Delta
This is the second robotic surgery done at the hospital by Dr. Inderbir Gill, medical director of the Urology Center of Robotic Surgery, which officially opens in January at TRMC. He is also assistant dean for clinical innovation at the University of ...

15-Dec-2011
Robo surgeon freezes in operation theatre
Mid-Day
I was crestfallen, and I had been eager to undergo robotic surgery. It is believed to be the best form of treatment, and I didn't want to compromise on quality." Confirming that the robot had developed a technical snag, senior uro-oncologist Dr V ...

15-Dec-2011
Health trends
Jamaica Gleaner
There are several highly specialised operations that are currently not performed in Jamaica, including robotic surgery, as well as heart, lung, skin, face and bone marrow transplants. Jamaicans seeking care unavailable in the island typically travel ...

15-Dec-2011
USC in the News
USC News
Visalia Times-Delta featured a second robotic surgery performed at the Tulare Regional Medical Center by Inderbir Gill of the Keck School of USC. Roughly 130 invited guests watched a live transmission of the surgery. Gill, founding executive director ...

15-Dec-2011
Send Every Patient Home With a Robot
OutpatientSurgery.net
"They can roll around the room, turn to see what's on television, talk with the kids, even play with them," says urologist Hiep T. Nguyen, MD, FAAP, associate professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School and director of the robotic surgery research ...

14-Dec-2011
At-home Robots Monitor Kids After Surgery
ABC News (blog)
Dr. Hiep Nguyen, director of Children's Hospital's Robotic Surgery Research and Training Center, said he wanted to improve post-surgical care for his young patients by marrying Star Wars-style technology with a medical custom that has gone the way of ...

14-Dec-2011
Noridian policy would cut prostate coverage
In-Forum
FARGO – Bob Elliott's brother required six months of healing after he had robotic surgery to treat his prostate cancer. A photo from its manufacturer shows CyberKnife, a radiosurgery treatment option for prostate cancers that might no longer be covered ...

14-Dec-2011
FDA Approves Intuitive Surgical's Single-Site Instrumentation for Gallbladder ...
Becker's ASC Review
The FDA approved the single-site instrumentation for Intuitive Surgical's da Vinci robotic surgery system that will allow gallbladder removal with one incision, according to a company news release. The kit includes the Single-Site Port, ...

12-Dec-2011
Shoppers 'Test-Drive' Surgical Robot at the Mall
Patch.com
Physicians who specialize in robotic surgery were available at the display throughout the day. Drs. Jen Graf and Mike LaSalle took the morning shift. Dr. Graf is an OBGYN, who says robotics has really changed a lot of surgeries and recovery times ...

11-Dec-2011
Healthy Living: Robotic surgery
YNN Hudson Valley
With boxes of decorations to go through, Nancy Parker has her work cut out for her. "Well I'm not one to sit around. I'm a doer. And I like to be doing things,” Parker said. Just nine days after major surgery, she has few limitations. ...

11-Dec-2011
Local family gives St. Joe's $5 million
Hamilton Spectator
Minimally invasive robotic surgery just took a giant leap forward at St. Joseph's Healthcare, thanks to a prominent local family's $5-million donation that will buy “an incredible tool.” The money, from the Boris family — Owen and Marta Boris founded ...

10-Dec-2011
Progress at Tulare hospital continues
Visalia Times-Delta
It will be used to pay for the $2.4 million da Vinci robotic surgery machine and related equipment in addition to patient equipment for the new building under construction. Payments on the loan will be $100000 a month, said Fred Capozello, ...

9-Dec-2011
Robotic Surgery Coordinator-NP/PA
FierceHealthcare
They coordinate the robotic surgery program across the continuum of care and perform and assist with pre-approved surgical procedures. They will act as first assistants during surgery as needed. They may write orders and initiate follow up on ...

8-Dec-2011
Prescription Arkansas: Da Vinci robotic surgery
Today's THV
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) - Some serious gynecological problems are difficult to detect, even by a professional. But, tonight in the "THV 10:00 Difference," we met a woman who is from a family in which every woman on her mother's side has had some kind ...

8-Dec-2011
Abraham Sorom
The Register-Guard
Professional accomplishments: Performed the first trans-oral robotic surgery for throat cancer in Oregon outside of Portland; heads the department of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at Sacred Heart Medical Center; is the medical director for ...

8-Dec-2011
Robotics And Changing Workplace Dynamics
Seeking Alpha
Robotic surgery has been FDA approved for urologic surgical procedures, general laparoscopic surgical procedures, gynecologic laparoscopic surgical procedures, general non-cardiovascular thoracoscopic surgical procedures, and thoracoscopically assisted ...

7-Dec-2011
Robot Surgeon Tech Aims to Fix NASA Satellites
Space.com
They saw the robot's location through the 3D eyepiece of a modified da Vinci console, which usually helps surgeons do robotic surgery on cancer and heart disease patients. "We already have a lot of computer-assisted surgical technology here at Johns ...

6-Dec-2011
Monmouth Medical Center is First in New Jersey to Perform Two Groundbreaking ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Urologist Pierre Mendoza, MD, of Monmouth Medical Center's Robotic Surgery Department, performed the first partial nephrectomy in New Jersey for a patient with kidney cancer using a new near-infrared fluorescence imaging guided system available on the ...

6-Dec-2011
Titan Medical Inc. Announces Memorandum of Understanding With India Based ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Prathap C. Reddy, MD Chairman of Apollo Hospitals Group, commented, "Robotic surgery represents one of the most exciting innovations in thoracic, abdominal and pelvic surgery in years. We look forward to offering these robotic procedures to our ...

6-Dec-2011
Milltown resident honored for Alzheimer's work
MyCentralJersey.com
Advantages to robotic surgery include less pain, fewer side effects, less scarring, shorter recovery period and a faster return to normal activities. The public will have the opportunity to see the robot, test drive it and learn how it is used at the ...

5-Dec-2011
Robotics lead to surgical advances
Dothan Eagle
But two weeks ago, he performed his first robotic surgery in an operating room at SAMC. It was the first general surgery performed with robotic technology in Dothan. Up until then, the robotic technology had been primarily used locally for urological ...

5-Dec-2011
Jewish Hospital makes its move
Cincinnati.com
One example is robotic surgery. The hospital is a development site for the da Vinci robotic surgery, where doctors from around the country to learn how to use the latest equipment. And it's bidding to move into "single site surgery" that uses only one ...

3-Dec-2011
AVIRS trains doctors and surgeons to adopt new da Vinci Si Robotic Surgical system
pharmabiz.com
Asian Vattikutti Institute of Robotic Surgery (AVIRS), Mumbai has started training doctors and surgeons to adopt the new da Vinci Si Robotic Surgical system with simulator, the third generation technology to perform surgeries often known as robotic ...

3-Dec-2011
Chance for a many-hands-on tour of new frontiers in robotic surgery
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
For Southwest Floridians interested in knowing more about robotic surgery, Sarasota Memorial Hospital will have 18 surgeons sharing their expertise at the Van Wezel Saturday, Dec. 10. The robotic open house runs from 9 am to noon, and those who want to ...

3-Dec-2011
RF Hospital's new robot: 'This…is technically an extension of my hands'
River Falls Journal
River Falls Area Hospital is scheduled to do its first robotic surgery using the newly purchased da Vinci system on Wednesday, Dec. 21. The hospital's new robotic technology has attached “endoWrist instruments.” These are controlled by a surgeon who ...

2-Dec-2011
Robotic Hysterectomy Found Safe in Morbidly Obese
Family Practice News Digital Network
"In the gynecologic literature, few studies have addressed robotic surgery for the morbidly obese patient," Dr. Gallo said. So she and her colleagues retrospectively studied women who underwent robotic-assisted hysterectomy over a 4-year period in a ...

2-Dec-2011
Robotics may impact future surgery
Johns Hopkins News-Letter
If you've ever walked through the underpass of Hackerman Hall and wondered what was going on in the mock operating room, what you are seeing is a state-of-the-art robotic surgery facility. Even more impressive is the work being done inside the building ...

2-Dec-2011
Titan Medical Inc. Completes Amadeus Composer(TM) Pre-Production Console and ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Amadeus Composer(TM) is designed for use in robotic surgery procedures such as thoracic (lung), ENT (ear, nose and throat), general surgical procedures as well as other surgical cases that are performed in very small and tight spaces. ...

1-Dec-2011
Health Matters: Robotic surgery for a hysterectomy
NBC2 News
Another benefit of robotic surgery is the quick recovery time. After just one night in the hospital, Monika was back home and back to her busy life. "Today's been three weeks since the surgery and I have to remind myself that I have to hold back, ...

30-Nov-2011
The evolution of robotic surgery
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Robotic surgery held the promise of less pain, blood loss and scarring, and faster recovery. Dr. Stacey South, a gynecological oncologist, left, explains how the the da Vinci robotic surgery system works to Mary Jo Murray, right, president of the ...

29-Nov-2011
Hospital passes milestone of 1000 robotic surgeries
Jackson Sun
Less than 10 days after his prostate surgery, Spellings had a second robotic surgery to remove his gall bladder. "I didn't have any more rehab time or recovery time than the first one," he said. "My wife is a nurse, and she couldn't believe how well I ...

29-Nov-2011
Robot becomes surgeon's 'hands' at Sebastian River Medical Center
TCPalm
With robotic surgery, there's reduced risk of infection and blood loss, with less pain and scarring. "These are just a few of the advantages of robotic surgery," said Seirafi. "You still have to make three small incisions but it's less invasive, ...

29-Nov-2011
Microsulis Medical's Ablation Device Used in First Microwave Assisted Robotic ...
Sacramento Bee
After the case Dr Legaspi said: "I feel that the capability of pre-coagulation with microwave ablation for robotic surgery is going to help reduce operative time and improve patient outcomes." Stuart McIntyre, Chief Executive of Microsulis Medical Ltd, ...

28-Nov-2011
Robotic surgery to make cataract removal a five-minute affair
Times of India
In this robotic surgery, a femto-second laser machine is docked on to the eye and images of the eye are captured by an imaging system attached to it. The incision of the cornea, opening of the lens capsule and fragmentation of the lens is done ...

26-Nov-2011
Intuitive Surgical Sees Growing Demand For Robotic Surgery
Investor's Business Daily
By SCOTT STODDARD Posted 06:36 PM ET Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) is enjoying growing demand for its cutting-edge robotic surgery systems and the accessories that go with them. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company reported last month that Q3 profit rose a ...

26-Nov-2011
Dr. K. Adam Lee, medical director of Jupiter Medical Center's new Thoracic ...
Palm Beach Post
Most recently, Lee, who grew up in Manhattan, served as medical director of thoracic surgery and robotic surgery at Kennedy University Hospital in Voorhees, NJ, and was a clinical associate professor of surgery at the University of Medicine and ...

26-Nov-2011
#surgery: Why Twitter is key to a North Carolina hospital's #hcsm outreach
MedCity News
Rex decided to turn to Twitter to mark the 2000 th surgery performed using the da Vinci robotic surgery system. The Rex surgeons performing the procedure agreed to participate and the patient gave full, written consent. ...

26-Nov-2011
Modern surgical management of thyroid and parathyroid disease
Irish Medical Times
Robotic surgery in general is increasing in popularity and has benefits with regard to access, visualisation and precision. Robotic systems involve surgical instruments mounted on robotic arms with a camera mounted on an additional arm. ...

25-Nov-2011
A matter of minutes: Part 2 of Plain Dealer's 'Tales from the Heart' series at ...
Plain Dealer
John Kuntz, The Plain Dealer Patient Jeffrey Scott lies flat in one of the Clinic's two robotic surgery suites while anesthesiologists prepare him for surgery. The heart-lung machine, in the foreground, will keep Scott's blood flowing through his body ...

23-Nov-2011
Swedish/Edmonds offers new robotic surgery to community
Edmonds Beacon
Swedish today announced the newest addition to its family of latest-generation da Vinci Surgical Systems, bringing the total to six robots across the non-profit's health-care system. The newest da Vinci Si HD system robot, located at the ...

23-Nov-2011
Beyond the Abstract - Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy in patients with ...
UroToday
The success of robotic surgery in renal failure patients will need to be studied long-term in other centers to fully understand the outcomes in these difficult patients D. Duane Baldwin, MD., Et Al. as part of Beyond the Abstract on UroToday.com. ...

22-Nov-2011
Patient-Perceived and Objective Functional Outcomes Following Transoral ...
Archives of Otolaryngology
... MD; Reneé A. Desmond, DVM, PhD; J. Scott Magnuson, MD Objective To evaluate changes in patient-perceived swallowing function over time following transoral robotic surgery (TORS) for primary T1 and T2 oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomas. ...

22-Nov-2011
Gwinnett Medical Center-Duluth Offers Robotic Assisted Thoracic Surgery
Duluth Weekly
Additional advantages of robotic surgery include less bleeding and less risk for infection, reduced discomfort and remarkably quicker recovery. System mechanics include 3D visualization, high-definition cameras, 10x magnified images and four robotic ...

22-Nov-2011
Surgery by robotic arm
IBNLive.com
While it sued to take me upto two and half hours to perform a surgery previously, with the robotic surgery, it takes nearly an hour less. Further, the patient can resume normal life within two weeks time and in 92 per cent of the cases, the patients ...

22-Nov-2011
Robot's surgical artistry vs. art of surgeon's skill
San Antonio Express
In theory, robotic surgery has many advantages over traditional “open” surgery or less invasive laparoscopic surgery. It offers a 3D view with magnification of up to 12 times, compared to a 2D view and about 3.5 times magnification with a surgical ...

21-Nov-2011
A matter of minutes: Part 2 of Plain Dealer's 'Tales from the Heart' series at ...
Plain Dealer
John Kuntz, The Plain DealerPatient Jeffrey Scott lies flat in one of the Clinic's two robotic surgery suites while anesthesiologists prepare him for surgery. The heart-lung machine, in the foreground, will keep Scott's blood flowing through his body ...

20-Nov-2011
Robotic Surgery Debut in a Beijing Hospital
CRIENGLISH.com
It is the first robotic surgery performed in Beijing, local newspaper Beijing Youth Daily reported. The Ditan Hospital authorities told the newspaper that robotic surgery can not only improved the precision of medical operation, but reduced doctors' ...

20-Nov-2011
APOLLO HOSPITALS ENTERPRISE LIMITED: Apollo Hospitals Chennai launches the..
4-traders (press release)
Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited : Apollo Hospitals Chennai launches the Apollo Institute of Robotic Surgery, the first world class robotic centre in Tamilnadu, in collaboration with the Vattikuti Foundation, USA. Apollo Hospitals Chennai launches ...

19-Nov-2011
Robotic Hysterectomy Takes Off, Causing Some Concern
Family Practice News Digital Network
A recent explosion of interest in robotic surgery for routine hysterectomies and treatment of other nononcologic gynecologic conditions is raising concern about the cost and comparative value of the robot over conventional laparoscopy, as well as the ...

19-Nov-2011
Dr Robot shows the way for safer surgery
Times of India
The outcome of robotic surgery particularly for removal of prostrates has been better than open surgery, according to Dr Menon. "Some years ago, I tried to specialize in laproscopic prostatectomy. But the results were awful because the procedure is ...

19-Nov-2011
3-point shot: Recovering Lavin upbeat
ESPN (blog)
He waffled for quite a while on whether or not to go with radiation, robotic surgery or traditional surgery. He went with the last, and it was an invasive, but thorough, seven-hour procedure. Lavin's energy and passion is tremendous. ...

18-Nov-2011
ANOTHER MINUTE: Clinic, hospital partner in robotic surgery
Murfreesboro Post
Through a partnership with Middle Tennessee Medical Center and Murfreesboro Medical Clinic, one local doctor has made great strides with robotic surgery. Dr. William Gross has been on the forefront of using cutting edge medical technology to provide ...

18-Nov-2011
Dassault Systèmes Japan Forum Reveals More Evidence on the 3D Lifelike Experience
ARC Advisory Group
Further, they have extended its usage to robotic surgery. By monitoring the image-guided navigation system after the movement of the robot arms, surgeons can offer the most advanced surgical technologies to their patients, even in the most remote ...

18-Nov-2011
Significant Regulatory Endorsement Boosts Medistim Inc.'s Life-Saving Technology
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
... the most important predictors of outcomes, and this (TTFM) is perhaps the easiest way to do it,” said Dr. Husam Balkhy, director of the Center for Minimally Invasive Cardiac and Robotic Surgery at the Wisconsin Heart Hospital in suburban Milwaukee. ...

17-Nov-2011
Robotic surgery decreases pain, hospital stay
Walton Sun
Finney said he started using robotic surgery for thoracic procedures as early as 2006. Updated tools and attachments for the da Vinci surgical robot have allowed Finney of Coastal Cardiovascular Surgeons and his partner Dr. Gregory England to start ...

17-Nov-2011
Study of cutting-edge robotics surgery gave Moroi 'direction'
ThisWeekNews
“This is one amazing young lady,” said Lynda Jayjohn, a registered nurse, who manages the robotic-surgery operating rooms at The Ohio State University Medical Center. “For being only 17 years of age, she presents herself as someone who's 30. ...

17-Nov-2011
Antelope Valley Hospital Announces Partnership with USC Urology
San Fernando Valley Business Journal
By Judy Temes Wednesday, November 16, 2011 Antelope Valley Hospital in Lancaster has entered into a partnership with the USC Institute of Urology to provide robotic surgery for urologic cancers using the da Vinci Si surgical robot at AV Hospital. ...

17-Nov-2011
Doctor says robot hands better than his own
ABC NEWS 4
Thomas Hall was one of the first patients in the Lowcountry to undergo robotic surgery, after he found out he was diagnosed with prostate cancer back in 2009. "I didn't want to put my life on hold for cancer. We allowed cancer to be the big bully in ...

16-Nov-2011
MMC doctor uses MTMC robot in cancer surgery
The Daily News Journal
In the past year, Dr. Gross, an otolaryngologist, ear-nose-and-throat doctor at MMC, has teamed up with Middle Tennessee Medical Center to perform the city's first transoral robotic surgery for obstructive sleep apnea. More recently, the MMC specialist ...

16-Nov-2011
Prostate Cancer Treatment Study Confirms Importance of Surgeon Experience
Marketwire (press release)
The study concluded two key success factors in robotic surgery academics and volume. Rates for blood transfusions, hospital stays and post-surgical complications were better in patients who underwent surgery at academic institutions. ...

15-Nov-2011
Robotic surgery company in Davie to add 100 workers
Sun-Sentinel
By Marcia Heroux Pounds, Staff writer Davie manufacturer MAKO Surgical launched a second production line on Monday, saying it plans to hire an additional 100 technology specialists for developing robotic-arm surgery systems. In 2010, MAKO promised to ...

15-Nov-2011
'Tales from the Heart' today in The Plain Dealer: robotic surgery, a new heart ...
Plain Dealer
By Plain Dealer staff CLEVELAND, Ohio -- People from across the country and around the world travel to Cleveland for one reason -- to have their hearts fixed at the Cleveland Clinic. They come for Miller Family Heart & Vascular Institute for CT scans ...

15-Nov-2011
India's First Robotic Liver Donor Surgery at Medanta
Express Healthcare Management
... We have already performed hundreds of heart, urology and gynaecology operations using this technology. We have the country's first dedicated institute of robotic surgery where we are constantly looking to innovate for the benefit of our patients.”

15-Nov-2011
KIMS - the First Hospital to do Robotic Colorectal Surgery in India
Express Healthcare
Some other advantages of robotic surgery are precision, miniaturisation, decreased blood loss, less pain and lesser hospital stay. The surgery can be conducted quickly and safely with negligible blood loss. KIMS had initiated a drive in June 2011 ...

15-Nov-2011
Healthy Living: Prostate Cancer
YNN Hudson Valley
Michael underwent robotic surgery to treat his cancer, but even the doctor who performed this state of the art surgery said prevention is a better option. YNN's Casey Bortnick tells us more. Then come back here and refresh the page. ...

13-Nov-2011
Robotic surgery offers open house
Moscow-Pullman Daily News
Da Vinci Robotics, which offers robotic surgery and other options, is holding a hands-on demonstration 3-7 pm Nov. 18 at the SEL Event Center in the Tesla Room. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, go to ...

12-Nov-2011
Robotic surgery available at Pullman Regional Hospital
KLEW
By Stephanie Hale-Lopez The latest in surgical technology will soon be available at Pullman Regional Hospital. The hospital recently purchased the da Vinci ® Si™ surgical system that provides advanced, and minimally invasive surgery to patients. ...

12-Nov-2011
APOLLO HOSPITALS ENTERPRISE LIMITED: Interactive live workshop on Robotic ..
4-traders (press release)
As a part of the grand inauguration of the Institute of Robotic Surgery, a 2 day interactive workshop has been organized by Apollo Hospitals, Chennai. Dr.Mani Menon, World Renowned Urologist and Robotic Surgeon will be visiting Apollo Hospitals Chennai ...

12-Nov-2011
Physicians expand capacity, develop new applications for robot-assisted surgery
HealthCanal.com
The immediate benefits of robotic surgery are clear. Patients have fewer complications and infections and experience less pain, blood loss and scarring of the suture line. They also recover faster, getting out of the hospital and back to normal ...

12-Nov-2011
ECU donates $100000 for robotic surgical system at Holston Valley
Kingsport Times News
By Sharon Hayes KINGSPORT — Thanks to Eastman Credit Union, the Wellmont Foundation is nearing completion of its goal to raise funds for the purchase of a new robotic surgery system for Holston Valley Medical Center. Eastman Credit Union announced ...

10-Nov-2011
Dr. Francis Teng to Perform First Da Vinci Robot Bariatric Surgery in Nevada
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
At his center for weight loss surgery in Las Vegas, Dr. Francis Teng will perform the first robotic surgery in Nevada. Dr. Teng will utilize the da Vinci® Surgical System for the procedure, an advanced robotic platform designed to expand a surgeon's ...

10-Nov-2011
Meet Toyota's Robotic Nurses
Technology Review (blog)
Robotic surgery, "telerounding" robots, and a sponge-bath-giving robotic nurse are a few of the other robo-medical innovations spotted recently. We don't seem to be at a tipping point yet, though, where robotic healthcare workers become ubiquitous. ...

9-Nov-2011
Robotics Being Used For More Surgeries By More Specialists Locally
The Ledger
Three Polk County hospitals were urged by urologists to purchase and implement robotic surgery systems and the specialists dominate the relatively new but growing field of robotic-assisted microsurgery. Other specialists have been slower to adopt new ...

9-Nov-2011
Learning curve for robotic assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy: A multi ...
UroToday
Lefrak Center of Robotic Surgery and Institute for Prostate Cancer, James Buchanan Brady Foundation Department of Urology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA. The aim of this study was to define the learning curve for positive surgical ...

9-Nov-2011
How to control health care costs
San Bernardino Sun
Modern endoscopes were just being developed, so laparoscopic and robotic surgery modalities were not available. Automatic insulin pumps for diabetics had not been invented. Drugs now available for cancer and arthritis had not been developed. ...

8-Nov-2011
Understanding Robotic Surgery in Reno
KOLO
Reno, NV - Regular people got to test out a medical tool that usually only surgeons and medical professionals get to touch. Folks in Reno came to Renown Regional Medical Center for a luncheon to learn more about the da vinci surgical system - which has ...

8-Nov-2011
Drew family battles cancer together
ESPN
He would have the robotic surgery, recover after a while, and then be fine. As for Janet, she had shown no signs of being lethargic in any way. Shortly before her diagnosis, she was at the Chicago half-marathon, cheering Dana on. ...

8-Nov-2011
Health Investors' New Calculus: Save Money To Make Money
Kaiser Health News
By Christopher Weaver Over the last two decades, venture capitalists helped make possible striking advances in health care, including robotic surgery, cancer vaccines and genomics. But such innovations also fuel higher health care spending, ...

8-Nov-2011
First Edition: November 7, 2011
Kaiser Health News
Kaiser Health News staff writer Christopher Weaver, in collaboration with The Washington Post, reports: "Over the last two decades, venture capitalists helped make possible striking advances in health care, including robotic surgery, cancer vaccines ...

6-Nov-2011
Robotic surgery offers safer, less invasive procedures
Natchez Democrat
NATCHEZ — Dr. Frank Guedon, a Natchez obstetrician and gynecologist, never thought his old Atari video game skills would benefit him in the operating room. A new da Vinci surgical system robot at Natchez Community Hospital has the high-tech controls ...

6-Nov-2011
First Robotic Surgery Completed at Tulare Regional Medical Center
KMPH Fox 26
Tulare Regional Medical Center reached a milestone today, with the completion of its first robotic surgery, using its new DaVinci surgery robot. Dr. Inderbir Gill, Professor and Chairman of the USC Institute of Urology, performed a robotic ...

6-Nov-2011
Venture capitalists, trying to curb health-care costs
Washington Post
Over the past two decades, venture capitalists helped make possible striking advances in health care, including robotic surgery, cancer vaccines and genomics. But such innovations also fuel higher health-care spending, and now private investors see new ...

5-Nov-2011
Conference Spotlights Robotics Surgery
The Ledger
"It's relatively new and in some places controversial," said Chung, director of robotic surgery at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Virginia. "Is it worthwhile to have the expensive instrumentation?" WHH hosted the first day of the symposium because its ...

5-Nov-2011
Tulare hospital board approves lease of equipment for robot surgery
Visalia Times-Delta
The Tulare Regional Medical Center board of directors approved a lease/purchase of a daVinci robotic surgery machine that will cost up to $2.4 million over five years at its meeting on a vote of 4-1 Wednesday. Dr. Prem Kamboj voted against leasing the ...

5-Nov-2011
Jupiter Medical Center launches county's first comprehensive center to treat ...
TCPalm
Most recently, Dr. Lee served as medical director of thoracic surgery and robotic surgery at Kennedy University Hospital in Voorhees, New Jersey and was a clinical associate professor of surgery at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New ...

4-Nov-2011
Robotic surgery symposium this weekend
News Chief
... from around the globe from different specialties demonstrating and discussing the potential new applications of robotic assistance in microsurgery," said Dr. Sijo Parekattil, director of robotic surgery and urology at Winter Haven Hospital. ...

4-Nov-2011
FORTIS HEALTHCARE INDIA LTD : Fortis - ICRS - Press Release - Nov 2
4-traders (press release)
Fortis International Centre for Robotic Surgery inaugurated by Shri Salman Khurshid Comprehensive robotic procedures in seven specialities World-renowned cardiac surgeon, Dr. Sudhir Srivastava, performs robotic by-pass surgery at Fortis Escort Heart ...

3-Nov-2011
Robotic surgery emerges as a valuable tool
STLtoday.com
Operating robotic controls away from the patient, Dr. Sameer Siddiqui performed a prostatectomy with daVinci robotic surgery Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011 at Mercy Hospital St. Louis. The surgical technique is now being used for other forms of less invasive ...

3-Nov-2011
Robotic surgery centre at Fortis
Hindustan Times
Fortis Escorts Heart Institute formally inaugurated its International Centre for Robotic Surgery (ICRS) on Wednesday. The new facility will focus on minimally-invasive robotic surgery that leads to faster recovery and reduces hospital stay. ...

3-Nov-2011
Fortis Healthcare and Fortis ICRS to invest Rs 150 crore to set robotic ...
Economic Times
NEW DELHI: Fortis Healthcare India and its joint venture partner International Centre for Robotic Surgery will invest up to Rs 150 crore to set up around ten robotic surgery centres across India in the next 24 months. "The centres will be set up at an ...

3-Nov-2011
Robots Perform Surgery at New York Methodist Hospital
Patch.com
Robotic surgery is also used in urology, gynecology and gynecologic oncology surgery at New York Methodist Hospital. "We are extremely grateful to Dr. Lazzaro for introducing robotic-assisted surgery for the performance of minimally invasive major ...

3-Nov-2011
Khurshid stresses on health insurance
BioScholar News
Talking to reporters after inaugurating a first-of-its-kind robotic surgery section at Fortis Escort Hospital here, Khurshid said it was time for India to create health infrastructure for future. “This is time for India to create facilities like this. ...

3-Nov-2011
Inland Fiber & Data to Facilitate Robotic Microsurgery Online
PR.com (press release)
Dr. Parekattil is Director of Robotic Surgery & Urology at Winter Haven Hospital, and Clinical Assistant Professor of Urology at the University of Florida. He will utilize the DaVinci Si High Definition Robotic Surgical System for the procedure. ...

3-Nov-2011
Orthopedics Implant Market Grows as Singapore Emerge as Joint Replacement ...
Newswire Today (press release)
"Going forward, robotic surgery in orthopedics would be preferred by most surgeons as it is less invasive and the recovery time is shorter," concludes Kandasamy. "Despite the high cost, reimbursements and insurance will make it possible for most ...

1-Nov-2011
Robotic surgery — and Gretzky — come to TEGH
The Toronto Observer
Take our word for it: That's The Great One, Wayne Gretzky, test-driving TEGH's new da Vinci Surgical System. Hockey's “The Great One“ is known for putting a lot of pucks into a lot of nets with his amazing pair of hands. But could he use those same ...

1-Nov-2011
1st randomized study compares robotic, open procedures for bladder cancer
HealthCanal.com
“Robotic technology has been around for close to a decade, but a well-designed comparative study of effectiveness has not been performed in a randomized fashion in any organ site,” said Dr. Parekh, chief of urologic oncology and robotic surgery in the ...

1-Nov-2011
Incontinence After Prostate Cancer Surgery - Will Biodegradable Sling Help?
Medical News Today
According to Professor Sundaram, the sling procedure during robotic surgery is likely to significantly decrease incontinence after surgery. Other treatment strategies with minimal side effects for the treatment of prostate cancer are also being ...

30-Oct-2011
Robotic surgery helps ex-cop
Beloit Daily News
Staff photo by Hillary Gavan Bobby Pittman, a retired Beloit Police officer, recently underwent a robotic surgery to remove a mass from his tongue. Use of the robot in surgery allowed him a quick recovery. Posted: Saturday, October 29, 2011 10:00 am ...

29-Oct-2011
Open Heart Surgery of the Future
ABC News (blog)
The prototype is currently on an iPhone interface and seems very simple to use (meaning it won't require surgeons hours of training like many other robotic- surgery-assist tools), but that's not the way the product will be presented in operating rooms ...

28-Oct-2011
Thijs Meenink's robotic eye surgery system (Photo: Eindhoven University of ...
Gizmag
By now, many readers are probably familiar with the da Vinci robotic surgery system. It allows a seated surgeon, using a 3D display and hand controls, to operate on a patient using robotic arms equipped with surgical instruments. ...

28-Oct-2011
UCLA Cardiothoracic Surgery Chief Elected Vice Chair of the American Board of ...
Newswise (press release)
He is regarded as one of the country's leading cardiothoracic surgeons with a national reputation performing valvular repair and minimally invasive robotic surgery. Prior to joining UCLA in 2007, Shemin served as professor and chairman of

27-Oct-2011
Heart lecture focuses on surgery, robotics
Green Valley News
Patients with severe lung problems may not be good candidates for robotic surgery as the left lung must be deflated for a brief time during surgery and oxygen levels need to be supported by only the right lung. The Department of Surgery at the ...

27-Oct-2011
ProPep Surgical™ Receives Notice of Allowance from the United States Patent ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
The ProPep Nerve Monitoring System is the first, real-time nerve identification system specifically designed for use during robotic surgery. Fast, accurate and easy to use, the System aids a surgeon in identifying otherwise invisible nerves during ...

26-Oct-2011
Heart lecture focuses on surgery, robotics
Green Valley News
Patients with severe lung problems may not be good candidates for robotic surgery as the left lung must be deflated for a brief time during surgery and oxygen levels need to be supported by only the right lung. The Department of Surgery at the ...

26-Oct-2011
ProPep Surgical™ Receives Notice of Allowance from the United States Patent ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
The ProPep Nerve Monitoring System is the first, real-time nerve identification system specifically designed for use during robotic surgery. Fast, accurate and easy to use, the System aids a surgeon in identifying otherwise invisible nerves during ...

25-Oct-2011
Norwalk Hospital presents talk on gynecologic robotic surgery
Stamford Plus Magazine
The Hospital is presenting a free, community education seminar, “Robotic Surgery as a Solution for Common GYN Problems,” on Thursday, October 27, 7:30 – 9 pm in the Hospital's Richard S. Perkin Auditorium. John Garofalo, MD and Adam Ofer, MD, ...

25-Oct-2011
Advanced Gynecological Robotic Surgeries performed at KIMS
India Infoline.com
Now with the advent of the Robotic surgery, patients can be back to their normal life within a much shorter time compared to traditional surgery. Today, Robotic Surgery in gynecology is one of the fastest growing fields of robotic surgery. ...

25-Oct-2011
Innovative Study Will Compare Open And Robotic Prostatectomy
WCVB-TV
For example, it is widely accepted that with robotic surgery there is less blood loss than with open surgery, and less pain at the incision site, but what is unclear are the broader areas where the outcomes are different, especially regarding sexual ...

20-Oct-2011
Robotic surgery: another view
DAWN.com
I AM writing with serious disapproval and concern at the launch of da Vinci robotic surgery at the Sindh Government Qatar Hospital, Karachi. This is yet another prime example of how valuable and limited resources are mismanaged in our health care ...

20-Oct-2011
A Quest To Prevent Post-Surgery Blindness
Hartford Courant
Robotic surgery is fairly new, so the risks involved with it are as well. Numbers are hard to come by as a result, but Molloy estimates more than 2000 people have become blind because of surgery. Molloy's research provides an observation scale to help ...

20-Oct-2011
Intuitive Surgical Beats Views, Stock Soars 8%
Cabot Wealth Advisory
Robotic surgery company Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) beat analyst estimates yet again when it reported third quarter results after the market close Tuesday, driving shares 8% higher in after-hours trading, Investor's Business Daily reported. ...

20-Oct-2011
Robots Are All the Rage in Surgery, But Are They Ready for Prime Time?
TMC Net
The students, dressed in scrubs, received hands-on training on a robot typically used to train physicians in the practice of robotic surgery. But as wonderful as all this is, some doubt remains that robots are better. A recent story by Amber Dance in ...

19-Oct-2011
Sparrow Home To Mid-Michigan's Only Trans-Oral Robotic Surgery
WLNS
Lansing's Sparrow Hospital is home to the only Trans-Oral Robotic Surgery in mid-Michigan. The procedure is for patients who suffer from throat and mouth cancers. 6 News sat down with an Lyn Egbert who had to have the surgery. ...

19-Oct-2011
Intuitive Surgical Tops Views As Robot Sales Climb
Investor's Business Daily
By AMY REEVES, INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY Posted 06:44 PM ET Robotic surgery company Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) beat analysts' estimates yet again when it reported third-quarter results after the close Tuesday, driving its shares 8% higher in after-hours ...

19-Oct-2011
Duluth Hospital 5 Years Old Today
Patch.com
Gwinnett Medical Center-Duluth has added specialized services like bariatric surgery, an advanced interventional radiology unit and robotic surgery since opening. Gwinnett Medical Center-Duluth is celebrating its fifth anniversary today. ...

18-Oct-2011
Robotic Surgery in Rectal Cancer: Hype or Next Best Thing?
Clinical Oncology News
He predicts that robotic surgery will likely be used to cover gaps in the capabilities of laparoscopic rectal surgery, particularly in advanced cases and in obese patients or patients with distal disease. At the meeting, Dr. Chang presented an overview ...

18-Oct-2011
For knee and hip surgeries, robots show promise for a better fit
Los Angeles Times
The Robodoc and RIO are designed to reduce human error in the fitting of artificial joints. The RIO system, left, and Robodoc can help orthopedic surgeons gain more accuracy. (Mako Surgical Corp. and Curexo Technology Corporation) By Amber Dance, ...

18-Oct-2011
LIJ Recognized for Gynecological Surgery Expertise
Newswise (press release)
To learn more about North Shore-LIJ's minimally invasive and robotic surgery capabilities, go to: www.northshorelij.com/wh/wh-our-services/wh-min-inv-robotic-surgery. The nation's second-largest, non-profit, secular healthcare system, North Shore-LIJ ...

18-Oct-2011
Nicholson Center Opens New Institute for Global Training and Education
MD News (press release)
“Robotic procedures were previously used for very select types of surgeries, but they now have a wide application into many medical specialties,” said Dr. Arnold Advincula, president of the Society of Robotic Surgery and GYN medical director for the ...

18-Oct-2011
Beyond the Abstract - Comparison of the learning curve and outcomes of robotic ...
UroToday
We found that for two surgeons who were completely inexperienced with robotic surgery, it took approximately 15-20 cases to achieve proficiency with robotic-assisted laparoscopic pyeloplasty. True mastery of the procedure extends beyond these initial ...

17-Oct-2011
Robotic surgery grows, but so do questions
Los Angeles Times
The benefits of robotic surgery are due more to the laparoscopic approach than to the robot itself, Makary says. And he's not the only one who thinks so. Since publishing his paper, he says, he has received kudos from colleagues who thanked him for ...

17-Oct-2011
New Nicholson Center positioned for global health impact
Orlando Sentinel
By Marni Jameson, Orlando Sentinel The growing demand for training surgeons in robotic surgery and other new surgical procedures led to this month's opening of the expanded Nicholson Center at Florida Hospital Celebration Health. The new $35 million, ...

17-Oct-2011
WVU surgeons use robot for certain procedures
TMC Net
Talug said it is a misnomer to refer to a da Vinci operation as "robotic surgery." The machine only responds to the doctor's movement and doesn't do anything on its own. The da Vinci has four arms. One arm holds a camera that projects the image to the ...

15-Oct-2011
First robotic liver transplant surgery a success
Deccan Herald
The doctors decided to go for the robotic surgery because there would be few scars and healing would be quicker. The robotic arms and a camera were sent inside the donor and recipient's abdomen through tiny abdominal holes. While the camera provided a ...

15-Oct-2011
Livewire: Local Doctors Answer Cancer Questions
KHBS-KHOG Northwest Arkansas
Anthony Woodruff, MD is a Urologic Oncologist and Medical Director of the Northwest Robotic Surgery Institute. He is fellowship trained in robotic assisted surgery. Nirmal Kilambi, MD is a Urologist and does robotic assisted surgery. ...

14-Oct-2011
First robotic liver doner surgery in NCR
Times of India
PTI | Oct 13, 2011, 07.55PM IST NEW DELHI: In good news for liver doners, robotic surgery, which makes the procedure more safe and minimises their discomfort, is now available in India. The Liver Transplant Team at Medanta acheived a rare breakthrough ...

14-Oct-2011
Surgeons bet on robotic technique, but cost is too high
Times of India
Robotic surgery could gain currency among the surgeons in the coming years but right now it is quite expensive right now, a surgeon said. Such an operation using robotic technique was performed live on large intestine of a cancer patient in Pune and ...

14-Oct-2011
India's first robotic liver transplant performed
Times of India
"Robotic surgery is usually performed for kidney, heart and gynaecological operations. But it's use in liver transplant not only increased the precision but also reduced surgery-related troubles," said Medanta Liver Institute chairman AS Soin, ...

14-Oct-2011
Indian doctors carry out pioneering robotic liver transplant
Xinhua
"Robotic surgery is usually performed for other operations like kidney, heart and gynaecological operations. But its use in this liver transplant not only increased the precision, but encouraged the donor by reducing surgery related troubles," team ...

14-Oct-2011
Robot used to perform liver transplant surgery on 4-yr-old
Indian Express
Ziad became the first recipient of liver transplant through a robotic surgery in India, conducted at Medanta Medicity. Though Ziad's family hails from Bellary district in Karnataka, they are currently based in Muscat. At the age of three, ...

14-Oct-2011
Latest Trends in Bariatric Surgery
Express Healthcare
Proponents of the technique believe that patients who undergo robotic surgery will experience less pain and scarring and are likely to heal faster. Experts also believe that it will reduce the complications associated with surgery. ...

13-Oct-2011
Robotic Surgery Saves War Veteran's Life
News Tonight
Robotic surgery clearly implied that incisions would be small and Mr. Malabas, who physically quite weak during that period, would be saved from harrowing lengthier incision (nearly 22 cms) offered during traditional surgery. Dr. Ravi Kumar carried out ...

13-Oct-2011
First transoral robotic surgeries in the Ark-La-Tex performed at Willis ...
KTBS
“Transoral Robotic Surgery is a revolutionary approach to the management of sleep apnea and head and neck cancer patients,” said GE Ghali, DDS, MD, FACS, with WK/University Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and the first surgeon to perform TORS in ...

13-Oct-2011
Local students become robotic surgeons for a day
San Antonio Express
It was the first health careers Explorer Scout troop in San Antonio. The students, dressed in scrubs, received hands-on training in minimally invasive robotic surgery on a robot typically used to train physicians in the practice of robotic surgery.

13-Oct-2011
Joining Your First Practice: Avoiding the Most Common Errors
General Surgery News
If you've trained in robotic surgery, is that something you want to pursue in your own practice? Do you want a dedicated minimally invasive suite? It's important to assess your goals for call schedules outside of the 80-hour workweek mentality, ...

12-Oct-2011
New High-Tech UCSD Training Facility Puts Doctors To The Test
KPBS
In one of the operating theatres, Dr. Emily Lukacz showed a surgical fellow how to use a robotic surgery machine. "So use your right hand," she tells the young doctor. "Go ahead and bring it up slowly." While the aspiring surgeon manipulates the ...

11-Oct-2011
Nurses round out robotic team that completes mini-fellowship
Nurse.com
Mercy General Hospital's cardiac robotic team members hold certificates they earned after completing the mini-fellowship program of the International College of Robotic Surgery. Standing from left is Norma Rhodes, RN; Lance Amerman, RN; Ed Dillon, ...

8-Oct-2011
Robotic Surgery Now Offered for Colorectal Cases
HealthCanal.com
VUMC has established itself as a leader in robotic surgery over the last eight years, with procedures ranging from prostatectomy to hysterectomy to gastric bypass. The da Vinci Surgical System, manufactured by Intuitive Surgical, combines the benefits ...

8-Oct-2011
Mountainside's Surgical Team Goes Robotic
Baristanet
This week, Mountainside Hospital launched its robotic surgery program, and doctors are now performing gynecological and urological procedures using this innovative surgical tool. The facility is one of just a few hospitals in NJ to house an in-house ...

7-Oct-2011
Robotic versus laparoscopic partial nephrectomy for bilateral synchronous ...
UroToday
Section of Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio. To compare the intraoperative and early postoperative outcomes of robotic partial nephrectomy (RPN) with those of laparoscopic ...

7-Oct-2011
Students Get Surgical Training
KSAT San Antonio
The device with its instruments and 3D visualization is known as DaVinci surgery, a minimally invasive robotic surgery, typically used to train surgeons. "The system's design is a new category in minimally invasive surgery, otherwise known as ...

6-Oct-2011
Mountainside Hospital Enhances Capabilities with daVinci
Patch.com
Five Mountainside Surgeons launched the robotic surgery program at Mountainside Hospital this week. Pictured from left: Dr. Robert Caruso, Surgery/Urology; Dr. James Saidi, Surgery/Urology and Medical Director of Robotics; Dr. Aiman Shilad, ...

6-Oct-2011
Titan Medical Inc. Announces Memorandum of Understanding With Children's ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Dr. Nguyen, the Director of the Robotic Surgery, Research and Training Center, commented, "Children's Hospital Boston strives to be the leader in providing the safest and most effective care for children. Robotic technology is integral to our ability ...

6-Oct-2011
Fun with med-tech: Intuitive Surgical's da Vinci robot dances, throws paper ...
Mass Device
Intuitive Surgical's da Vinci robotic surgery system generates a lot of buzz though unconventional displays of dexterity on the popular video-sharing site YouTube. Intuitive Surgical Inc.'s (NSDQ:ISRG) blockbuster da Vinci robotic surgery system is ...

4-Oct-2011
Many Patients Suffer Post-Prostate Cancer Surgery
NPR
Dr. Jason Engel, clinical associate professor and director of urologic robotic surgery, George Washington University Hospital Doctors often advise men facing surgery for prostate cancer that a full recovery is the norm. As many learn, it's not true. ...

4-Oct-2011
Prostate cancer survival key: Catch it early
al.com (blog)
He dropped his weight from 225 to 192 and was jogging a few miles a day by the time of his robotic surgery two months later by Dr. Scott Tully at the Urology Centers of Alabama. "I sort of have a mantra that I'm not going to be frozen by fear," said ...

1-Oct-2011
Acclaimed Thoracic Surgeon Joins UT Southwestern
Newswise (press release)
“Dr. Kernstine's expertise in robotic surgery will mean smaller incisions and shorter-term hospitalizations for lung cancer patients,” said Dr. Schiller. Prior to joining UT Southwestern, Dr. Kernstine was director of the lung cancer and thoracic ...

30-Sep-2011
Robotic Surgery Frees Sliwa of Prostate Cancer
PR Newswire (press release)
Dr. Samadi commended Sliwa for choosing robotic surgery and putting cancer behind him, "I can look straight into your eyes and say you are cured." More can be seen from prostate cancer expert, Dr. David Samadi, who is also part of the Fox News Medical ...

30-Sep-2011
World Laparoscopy Hospital started Asia's First Robotic Surgery Training for ...
MMD Newswire (press release)
World Laparoscopy hospital is the only institute in the World to confer Fellowship in Robotic Surgery (FRS) "Hands On" robotic surgery training on real da Vinci® high definition four arm most advanced surgical robot of the world. ...

30-Sep-2011
New Jersey Surgeons Perform State's First Robotic-Assisted Bariatric Surgery
Becker's ASC Review
The robotic surgery, performed at Trinitas in July, opens the doors to weight-loss surgery for bariatric patients whose excess weight places limitations on conventional surgical tools, according to the report. Dr. Forrester explained that more obese ...

29-Sep-2011
Cleveland Clinic Florida
Palm Beach Post
Cleveland Clinic Florida offers the most advanced surgical treatment options for prostate cancer, including robotic surgery. The robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy is a minimally invasive surgical procedure performed in Cleveland Clinic's newly ...

29-Sep-2011
New Jersey Bariatric Center Surgeons Perform the First Robotic Gastric Bypass ...
PR.com (press release)
The robotic surgery, which was done in July at Trinitas, opens the doors to weight loss surgery for bariatric patients whose excess weight placed limitations on conventional surgical tools. “Higher-weight patients are more challenging to operate on ...

29-Sep-2011
Discovery Science Place gets new children's robotic exhibit
KYTX
"Yeah, for surgery, like robotic surgery." - "Uh." Turner says the biggest difference between invasive surgery and robotic heart surgery is that patients don't have a large scar down the center of their chest, and recovery time is about half as long. ...

28-Sep-2011
Robotic Surgery Best, but Experience Still Matters
Marketwire (press release)
Dr. David Samadi, Leading New York Urologist, Stresses Importance of Surgeon Experience in Robotic Surgery Success NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - Sep 27, 2011) - The increasing popularity of robotic surgery in treating prostate cancer brings heightened ...

28-Sep-2011
Cancer's 'culture of excess'?
StaffNurse.com
Robotic surgery is one of the key areas that needs to be studied and assessed properly as it is proving more expensive than traditional surgery, according to the experts gathered in Stockholm, Sweden, yesterday. The findings were contained in a major ...

27-Sep-2011
University of Navarra Hospital, first Spanish hospital to carry out transoral ...
Basque Research
The specialists subsequently carried out a second case of robotic surgery for the same disorder on a 52-year-old patient, also with satisfactory results. The University of Navarra Hospital already has considerable experience in robotic surgery for ...

25-Sep-2011
Fewer cuts, faster recovery time among benefits of new robotic surgery system
Northwest Herald
When he awoke about 1 pm, Mauch joined the ranks of 15 patients who've successfully undergone robotic surgery at Centegra Hospital – McHenry. Dr. Richard Troy and Dr. David Goldrath are at the helm of Centegra's robotic team, which kicked off after the ...

25-Sep-2011
The Side Effects? Well, There Is One...
New York Times
Dr. Jason Engel, director of urologic robotic surgery at George Washington University Hospital, said part of the problem was that many doctors only performed operations and didn't stick around to treat the erectile dysfunction that resulted. ...

24-Sep-2011
New robot at Memorial Hermann expands surgical options for patients
Woodlands Online, LLC
“The technology of robotic surgery has enabled me to offer patients a better operation and improved clinical outcomes with reduced blood loss and shorter operating times,” said Gregory Eads, MD, a gynecological surgeon affiliated with Memorial Hermann ...

24-Sep-2011
Robo-surgery with '50 iPhones worth' of processors
San Jose Business Journal (blog)
A handful of the company's "da Vinci" systems — robotic surgery machines controlled by a surgeon at a console — were undergoing testing, their arms whirring. CEO Gary Guthart said each "da Vinci" system which costs at least $1 million, ...

23-Sep-2011
Students offered surgery experience
Appleton Post Crescent
APPLETON — Local students involved in robotics programs will have an opportunity to try robotic "surgery" during an open house Tuesday hosted by St. Elizabeth Hospital. The open house runs from 4 to 7 pm in the Helen Fowler Conference Room. ...

22-Sep-2011
First in the USA: Single-Incision Robotic Surgery on the Left Abdomen ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Thirty-six hours after surgery, the patient was ready to go home," said Dr. Obias, who is one of only a handful of surgeons in the United States to perform single-incision robotic surgery on the colon. The landmark surgery, which occurred on August 22, ...

21-Sep-2011
Prostate Cancer Survivor, Patrick Walsh, Shares His Take on Beating Prostate ...
MarketWatch (press release)
I had no hesitation about following his recommendation for robotic surgery. The last thing I wanted was a lifetime of worrying about the status of my prostate cancer." Dr. Samadi uses a customized surgical technique coined "SMART surgery. ...

21-Sep-2011
Schneck Open House to Introduce High Tech Robotic Surgery
Crothersville Times
By enhancing surgical capabilities, robotic surgery is helping to improve clinical outcomes and redefine standards of care. Recent advancements in minimally invasive surgical technologies mean that today's patients have a broader range of alternatives ...

21-Sep-2011
AI in the OR
TMC Net
They introduced robotic surgery in 2004, and are now offering a multi-specialty robotic surgery program. In their urology department, they've already had marked success. According to Drs. John Wilkbanks and Jason Burrus, pelvic surgery is incredibly ...

20-Sep-2011
Elsie man undergoes new procedure
Argus Press
LANSING — Sparrow Health System has a new procedure that could vastly improve the quality of life and recovery time for patients who suffer from throat and mouth cancers — trans-oral robotic surgery. According to hospital officials, Lynwood Egbert ...

20-Sep-2011
IMRIS and MDA Advancing Image Guided Surgical Robotics Program
PR Newswire (press release)
IMRIS and MDA began work on a robotic surgery system in 2010 with the goal of commercialization. The system is being designed initially to perform microsurgery and biopsy-stereotaxy applications on the brain with sub-millimeter precision by bringing ...

20-Sep-2011
Mako gets a little Wall Street love by extending its robotic arms into total ...
Mass Device
based Intuitive Surgical Inc. (NSDQ:ISRG), a Zacks Investment Research favorite, has virtually cornered the market on robotic surgery. Luckily for Mako, it has a couple of ringers on the bench: Intuitive Surgical co-founders Frederic Moll and John ...

20-Sep-2011
Samaritan Hospital buys da Vinci robot to assist surgeons
Albany Business Review
Gist has worked extensively with the da Vinci system and previously launched the successful robotic surgery program at Cancer Care Partners, an integrated cancer treatment center at the South Bend Clinic in South Bend, Indiana. ...

19-Sep-2011
Robotics improves gynecologic surgery impact
Carlisle Sentinel
That kind of recovery time, even for a surgery as typically invasive as a hysterectomy, is not unusual when it comes to robotic surgery. "What's amazing about the robot is that a patient can have an extensive, complex surgical procedure and yet go home ...

19-Sep-2011
LSU Hospital Shows Off New Surgical Robot
KTBS
LSU Health Sciences Center officials have unveiled a new $2 million da Vinci robotic surgery system to be used for training and patient care at the medical center. The only one in the region with dual consoles, the new robotic system allows instructors ...

18-Sep-2011
Expanding the Reach of Robotic Surgery
MD News (press release)
Shelby Baptist Medical Center launched its robotic surgery program in 2007 with the purchase of the da Vinci Surgical System. Since then, the technology and the surgeons guiding it have demonstrated considerable success in the urological field for ...

17-Sep-2011
Doctors grapple with the value of robotic surgery
Houston Chronicle
But some researchers have questioned whether the outcomes of robotic surgery are any better than conventional surgery and whether using the robotic systems are justified given the increased cost. "It symbolizes everything that is wrong with American ...

17-Sep-2011
ESGO: Robotic Hysterectomy Costs More But No Better Outcome
MedPage Today
"There is concern that marketing is driving robotic surgery," said Wright. "Prostatectomy offers a case in point. Prostate cancer incidence is decreased in the US, but 60% more prostatectomies were performed during 2005 to 2008, driven by increased use ...

16-Sep-2011
ROBOTIC SURGERY: One man shares his story about his fight with prostate cancer ...
WHO-TV
September is prostate cancer awareness month. It's the most common form of cancer in men and affects one in six men in their lifetime. But new advances in medical technology are giving these patients more options. As he sits waiting to be taken into ...

16-Sep-2011
Black Men In S.C. At Higher Risk Of Prostate Cancer
News Channel 7
James Cooper, right, talks about his recovery with his urologist, Dr. Thomas Edmunds, five weeks after he had prostate cancer removed in a robotic surgery Edmunds performed. September is prostate cancer awareness month, and the disease is taking a ...

15-Sep-2011
Robotic-assisted surgery going mainstream
Ocala
Dr. Li-Ming Su, a urology professor at The University of Florida College of Medicine, performs a robotic surgery method for prostate cancer that promises smaller incisions and a faster recovery time than other techniques. By Nathan Crabbe Tony Braun ...

15-Sep-2011
IU Health BMH surgeons have conducted more than 700 robotic surgeries since 2006
Muncie Star Press
The robotic surgery seminar is set for 6 pm Thursday in the bariatric conference room at the IU Health Ball Memorial Jackson Street Center, 2901 W. Jackson St. The robot can be used to accomplish minimally invasive surgeries, particularly gynecologic ...

15-Sep-2011
Rise of the robots: Saint Francis adopts new surgical system for a new age
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Acceptance of robotic surgery has grown since the first da Vinci system shipped in 1996, Montgomery said. The number of procedures done with the system grew 44 percent in 2010 over 2009, according to Intuitive's year-end revenue statement, ...

14-Sep-2011
Doctors, researchers weigh pros and cons of robotic surgery
Springfield News-Leader
Dr. Thomas Shultz calls robotic surgery a "game changer." The obstetrician operates at Cox South with a da Vinci robotic surgical machine. The system is named after the Italian artist who painted the Mona Lisa and studied anatomy. ...

14-Sep-2011
Doctor: Da Vinci system better for surgeons, patients
Montgomery Advertiser
Richardson agreed, and said that the average blood loss for an open prostatectomy is one liter; for the robotic surgery, it's about 150 to 200 milliliters. Transfusions carry health risks and monetary costs. And less bleeding creates a clearer ...

12-Sep-2011
Banner now performing even more surgeries with robots
PinalCountyToday.com
Mesa, AZ—Move over Auto-Doc, Banner Heart Hospital recently expanded its robotic surgery program to include thoracic surgeries, and added two robotic surgeons. Dr. Rodrigo Chan stands next to the robotic heart surgery tool Sensei-X. Dr. Gyu Gang and ...

11-Sep-2011
Winter Haven Hospital Focusing Heavily on Advancing Urology Unit
The Ledger
Parekattil, a robotic surgery specialist, is a University of Florida employee provided under an arrangement between UF and WHH. He and Dr. George Warner of Bond Clinic were the only urologists on the hospital's medical staff for some time. ...

10-Sep-2011
Overcoming the challenges of robot-assisted radical prostatectomy - Abstract
UroToday
However, robotic surgery is still fraught with potential difficulties and avoiding complications while on the steepest part of the learning curve is critical. Furthermore, as surgeons progress there is a tendency to take on increasingly complex cases, ...

10-Sep-2011
Northside wants to buy new da Vinci systems
Atlanta Business Chronicle
Robotic surgery allows a surgeon to remotely perform a procedure. The technology is minimally invasive and reduces treatment and recovery time for patients. Several Atlanta hospital systems have acquired, or are in the process of acquiring, the da ...

9-Sep-2011
Medical Minute: Prostate cancer -- robotic surgery may be best option
Penn State Live
To that end, robotic surgery, which is performed via several tiny holes rather than one long incision, represents the newest frontier in minimally invasive surgery. The first robotic-assisted surgery performed in 1995 utilized a robotic platform to ...

9-Sep-2011
Cutting edge technology offers new hope to prostate patients
Dover Post
Citing minimally invasive surgeries such as da Vinci Robotic surgery, Spana says that it allows for greater precision by the surgeon. "Robotic surgery for prostate and kidney cancer provides the surgeon with a magnified 3-D view of the operative field ...

8-Sep-2011
Loma Linda hospital pioneering robotic throat surgery
Press-Enterprise
The hospital is the first in the Inland area and one of only two in Southern California to offer robotic surgery in place of a doctor performing procedures directly by hand. The other is at USC. "What this (robot) does is make the surgery a lot easier ...

8-Sep-2011
Gel Lets Doctors Fix Ruptured Blood Vessels without Sutures
MIT Technology Review
The new gel, successfully tested in rats, could also enable more complex robotic surgery as well as minimally invasive surgery. There have been few advances in the art of reconnecting blood vessels since French surgeon Alexis Carrel received the Nobel ...

8-Sep-2011
A Regional Leader for Urologic Services
MD News (press release)
A unique aspect of the urology program at Memorial Hospital is its use of robotic surgery. Dr. Bhatti was recruited to the hospital to perform urologic robotic surgery and is currently the only physician in York County who offers prostatectomy using ...

7-Sep-2011
Let fundraising begin, WRH says
Windsor Star
Innerd thanked three prostate cancer survivors in the crowd for pushing for the men's health program and the $2.5 million da Vinci robotic surgery machine. ...

7-Sep-2011
2011 Portland Marathon training: Scott Roy's story
OregonLive.com
After seemingly endless discussion and research I opted to go with the St. Jude mechanical valve and robotic surgery. I was literally putting my life in the ...

7-Sep-2011Z
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SBWire
The Viking 3DHD system is not only outperforming current robotic surgery systems utilizing 2D, it costs significantly less. As evidence of its long-term ...

7-Sep-2011
Stories of hope and triumph in the face of breast cancer featured ...
TCPalm
... geriatrics, minimally invasive surgical procedures including robotic surgery, emergency services, cardiac services, obstetrics, cancer care and advanced ...

5-Sep-2011
Robot surgery now offered for head, neck procedures
Kansas.com
We have heard of many success stories in robotic surgery for prostate cancer and hysterectomies, and this technological revolution is now offered in head ...

3-Sep-2011
Robotic Surgery: Future of Prostate Cancer
TopNews New Zealand
It was reported that robotic surgery could prove out to be a cure of prostate cancer in near future. It was told that a 3D video presentation of a radical prostatectomy by robot captured the interest of the researchers in the presentation. ...

3-Sep-2011
TORS Robot Has All The Right Stuff To Remove Head & Neck Cancers
Inventorspot
Just over a dozen hospitals in the US currently have the TORS, which stands for Trans-Oral Robotic Surgery. The system uses the da Vinci Surgical System, which has developed since the mid 90's to arguably be the most successful robotic surgery system ...

3-Sep-2011
Cape Fear Valley unveils da Vinci robotic surgical system
Fayetteville Observer
Since May, a little more than 20 surgeries have been performed with the robot, and many more are expected as word gets out, said Dr. Christian deBeck, the hospital's director of robotic surgery. Currently, deBeck, a urologist, is using the robot for ...

2-Sep-2011
Da Vinci surgical robot focus of Sept. Brunch Bunch
WPSD Local 6
PADUCAH - Urologist Donald Spicer, MD, will speak on da Vinci robotic surgery for prostate cancer at Western Baptist Hospital's next free Brunch Bunch from noon to 1 pm on Thursday, Sept. 15, in the Baptist Heart Center Auditorium. ...

2-Sep-2011
Robots the future of prostate treatment
Voxy
Urology specialist Dr Robin Smart says robotic surgery is the future of prostate cancer treatment both here and overseas. Today is Blue Friday, the day New Zealanders are encouraged to 'get blue' for prostate cancer awareness. Just four weeks ago, ...

2-Sep-2011
In less experienced hands, robotic radical prostatectomy has the edge
ModernMedicine
Robotic surgery has the same advantages of laparoscopy but with the additional virtue of being a less demanding approach to learn. "The perceived advantage is that it has a much shorter learning curve. It is easier to learn and get good outcomes. ...

2-Sep-2011
Medical Minute 9-1:
WCTV
Now a new transoral robotic surgery removes the tumor in less than two hours. But even with improved treatments-Doctor Genden says the battle against HPV induced cancer is just beginning. As for Edward - he got his break. Four months after the robotic ...

1-Sep-2011
Study: Incontinence After Prostate Surgery
PR Newswire (press release)
Dr. Samadi continues by saying that laparoscopy offers some advantages over traditional surgery, but that robotic surgery makes great leaps in improving the surgical experience for both patient and surgeon. "Robotic prostatectomy provides significant ...

1-Sep-2011
Breakthrough procedure helps patients with throat, mouth cancer
MSU News
Sparrow is the only hospital in mid-Michigan to offer trans-oral robotic surgery, which is performed by Sparrow and MSU Health Team physician Barry Wenig, director of otolaryngology, head and neck surgery at MSU. During the procedure, Wenig - sitting ...

31-Aug-2011
Robotic Surgery Techniques
hcp.obgyn.net
Through tiny, 1-2 cm incisions, surgeons using robotic surgery (da Vinci Surgical System) can operate with greater precision and control using 180-degree hand movements, minimizing the pain and risk associated with large incisions while increasing the ...

31-Aug-2011
Crowd programs into UNMC robotics at State Fair
Grand Island Independent
By Denton Cushing A roomful of people programmed themselves into the University of Nebraska Medical Center's robotic surgery presentation instructed by Shane Ferritor, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln engineer, today at the State Fair. ...

30-Aug-2011
Robotic Surgery Enables Baldwin Woman's Pregnancy
Patch.com
Learn how a doctor used cutting-edge robotic technology to help an area couple add a family member. By Sarah Beth Martin Jessica and Mark Best are trying to decide between two names for their daughter, who will be delivered in mid-September. Aug. ...

30-Aug-2011
Princeton woman happy with results achieved with innovative robotic surgery
Coon Rapids ECM Publishers
Judy Storgaard of Princeton had reason to worry about the lump she discovered along her throat when she and husband David were in Austin, Texas, at Christmastime last year. The couple were visiting Judy's sister-in-law Alex when one day Judy felt the ...

27-Aug-2011
Dr. Bennett Performs Region's First Robotic Valve Replacement Surgery
HealthCanal.com
And the fact that she chose minimally invasive robotic surgery put her on the road to recovery that much faster.” The surgery took place on July 29. Ropetski was able to leave the hospital on August 2. The mitral valve controls blood flow through the ...

26-Aug-2011
Woman happy with results achieved with innovative robotic surger
Princeton Union Eagle
Judy said that Evasovich told her she was the “perfect candidate” for a thyroidectomy using robotic surgery. The reason for that statement, Judy explained, was because Judy was thin, having lost 116 pounds following gastric bypass surgery in January ...

26-Aug-2011
Thyroid Robot
WGNtv.com
It's a robotic surgery that leaves a scar but not where people can see it. Jennifer Panaro, Robotic Thyroidectomy Patient: "I never felt anything. My primary care physician found it during a general exam three years ago, s couple months before I got ...

26-Aug-2011
Hospital Offers da Vinci Surgery
WNCF
Russell Medical Center unveiled its new da Vinci robotic surgery system. The da Vinci allows doctors to perform less invasive procedures including prostate surgery, hysterectomies, removal of uterine fibroids, and colorectal surgery. ...

26-Aug-2011
Medical Center Receives Bariatric Surgery Center Accreditation
NEWS.GNOM.ES (press release)
... achieve the best outcomes for our patients with an experienced team of caregivers who have combined expertise in nutrition, weight management, diabetes and robotic surgery,” said John DeNardo, chief executive officer of the UIC Healthcare System. ...

25-Aug-2011
Albany Med makes history with robotic surgery
WXXA
The mitral valve controls blood flow through the heart. If it doesn't close properly blood doesn't pump as it should and patients can be short of breath. While the doctor still does the work with this surgery, the da Vinci robot helps them do the ...

25-Aug-2011
Inland Empire: Robotic throat surgery performed at Loma Linda University Heart ...
Southwest Riverside News Network
By Guest Contributor, on August 24, 2011, at 2:17 pm A minimally-invasive robotic surgery that could benefit patients with tumors and other throat conditions was performed recently at Loma Linda University Heart & Surgical Hospital in Redlands. ...

25-Aug-2011
News briefs, Aug. 25
Redlands Daily Facts
A minimally invasive robotic surgery that could benefit patients with tumors and other throat conditions was performed recently at Loma Linda University Heart & Surgical Hospital in Redlands. Two Inland Empire women are doing well after becoming the ...

25-Aug-2011
One Day Vs. One Week: Gynecological Robotic-Assisted Surgeries Sending Women ...
TMC Net
Robotic surgery allows surgeons to use much smaller incisions, particularly important for those who have trouble healing, like diabetics and the obese, because recovery is quicker, with less chance of infection, and since the procedure itself can go ...

25-Aug-2011
How EHRs Can Transform Health Care, If Providers Give Green Light
HealthyState.org
By Kimberly Vlach - No, health care infrastructure technology doesn't have the sex appeal of remote robotic surgery, but it does have the potential to be just as transformative. It can transform the delivery, outcomes and costs of medical care, ...

24-Aug-2011
Women's Specialists of Plano Drs. Dennis Eisenberg and Murray Fox Perform ...
PR.com (press release)
Furthermore, robotic surgery has been proven to have unmatched precision and control, even with the smaller incisions that are necessary. High-definition, magnified 3D imaging allows for optimum viewing and manipulation of sensitive nerves, ...

21-Aug-2011
First Physician Group Joins White Plains Hospital Physician Associates
PR Urgent
He completed his surgical training at MCP Hahnemann University and is fellowship trained in minimally invasive and robotic surgery. Dr. Weber's expertise includes minimally invasive surgery of the stomach and esophagus, as well as solid organs such as ...

20-Aug-2011
Turkish health tourism drew half a million people in 2010
Today's Zaman
In remarks to the Anatolia news agency Akdağ said foreigners and Turkish expats living abroad chose Turkey mainly for eye and dental procedures as well as open-heart surgery and various types of robotic surgery. For him, the country's highly qualified ...

18-Aug-2011
Study: Sex After Prostate Surgery and New Techniques to Improve It
PR Newswire (press release)
Thanks to robotic surgery, these fears can be greatly reduced." Historically, the prostate gland was removed through invasive abdominal surgery during which surgeons had a very difficult time sparing the tiny nerve bundles responsible for erectile and ...

17-Aug-2011
Project seeks to return sense of tactile feedback to surgeons
The Engineer
'So the surgeon will work around a fulcrum point that reverses the hand motions and all they can feel is reaction forces that are scaled depending on how far into the patient the tools are — but with robotic surgery it's completely gone as there's no ...

17-Aug-2011
Guy's Guide to Prostate Cancer
Rocklin and Roseville Today
Techniques have been developed in both open and more recently in minimally invasive robotic surgery to help spare the nerves when appropriate. In some men, radiation is a preferred treatment option. External beam radiation consists of brief exposure ...

16-Aug-2011
Ask Dr. H: Prostate-cancer surgery has had sexual side effects | Philadelphia ...
Philadelphia Inquirer
By Mitchell Hecht Question: My husband had robotic surgery for Stage 1 prostate cancer. He can have orgasms, but he does not have erections. Will that ever change? His surgeon is evasive about it. My husband is 60 years old and I'm 50. ...

16-Aug-2011
Health Briefs
Las Vegas Review-Journal
MountainView Hospital has launched a robotic surgery program that includes the advanced technology of a da Vinci Si HD Surgical System, the first of its kind in Nevada. MountainView said in a statement that robotically assisted surgery is a minimally ...

14-Aug-2011
Robotic Surgery: Clever Marketing or Life-Saving Technology
PR Newswire (press release)
Further, some critics are cautioning patients against the mass marketing of robotic surgery and its benefits. Dr. David Samadi, Vice Chairman, Department of Urology, and Chief of Robotics and Minimally Invasive Surgery at The Mount Sinai Medical Center ...

13-Aug-2011
Robotic Surgery Benefits Springfield Hospital; Surgeons, Patients Embrace High ...
Patch.com
“The investment and decision to do robotic surgery at Springfield Hospital was a very big investment and decision for us,” said Gwendolyn Smith, President of Springfield Hospital. “The initial investment was more than $1.2 million just to start with ...

13-Aug-2011
Eye doctors trying out robotic surgery to cure cataracts
Hindustan Times
“In robotic surgery the surgeon's skill may not necessarily be very high as the computer-fed programme performs the surgery with utmost precision,” said Dr Mahipal Sachdev, chairman and medical director, Centre For Sight. “There are clinical trials ...

13-Aug-2011
Archbold using daVinci Surgical System for lung cancer
Albany Herald On-line
“Robotic surgery is a viable surgical option that allows us to offer treatment to patients who otherwise would be left without feasible treatment options,” said Hall. “DaVinci's high-definition 3-D vision system provides a highly accurate, ...

13-Aug-2011
Real Medical Miracles
New America Foundation (blog)
Yes, we are skeptical of the "new" and the "high-tech" -- for example DiVinci robotic surgery or 64-slice CT scanning -- because there is often evidence that the newest invention is really only the most expensive, rather than the most efficacious. ...

11-Aug-2011
Somerset Medical Center Offers Innovative Robotic Surgery to Treat Sleep Apnea
Sleep Review
As part of its commitment to provide patients and the community with the latest and most advanced treatment options, Somerset Medical Center was the first hospital in New Jersey to perform TransOral Robotic Surgery (TORS) for the treatment of oral, ...

10-Aug-2011
Vegas-area hospital touting new robotic surgery program
KVVU Las Vegas
Entertainment News from AP A Las Vegas-area hospital says its new robotic surgery program offers patients less invasive surgical option while also providing benefits incomparable to regular surgery. MountainView Hospital announced Tuesday the launch of ...

10-Aug-2011
Robots not a thing of the future
Glendale Star
They are in use today in some of the most prestigious hospitals across the US Dr. Christopher Stewart will present a lecture on the benefits of highly sophisticated robotic surgery for certain appropriate male urologic procedures 6 to 7 pm Aug. ...

10-Aug-2011
Support Key For Prostate Cancer Patients
KMGH Denver
Doctors at the Urological Center of Colorado removed his prostate using the Da Vinci robotic surgery device. "Well I benefited from that with a quick recovery. I feel because it's less invasive surgery, less loss of blood, less damage to collateral ...

10-Aug-2011
New Approach to Thyroid Surgery Eliminates Neck Scar
PR Newswire (press release)
This summer, Socorro Delaluz became one of the first patients at Northwestern Memorial to undergo transaxillary thyroid robotic surgery. The mother of two was impressed to have the option that left no visible scar and the quick recovery associated with ...

10-Aug-2011
Da Vinci Spreading East in Polk County
The Ledger (blog)
by Robin Adams Robotic surgery with the da Vinci surgical system first appeared in Polk County a few years ago at Lakeland Regional Medical Center. It spread to Winter Haven Hospital and now, traveling eastward across the county, has arrived at Heart ...

8-Aug-2011
Medical forum talks robotic surgery
Macau Daily Times
Robotic surgery and other minimally invasive surgical techniques will be the focus of the second series of the Sino-Luso International Medical Forum to be held in Macau on August 14-16. The three-day forum will include keynote presentations and skills ...

6-Aug-2011
OCEANSIDE: Tri-City shows off new robotic surgery system
North County Times
BILL WECHTER/bwechter@nctimes.com Tri-City Medical Center officials introduced employees and potential donors Friday to the hospital's new high-tech doc ---- a $2.6 million robotic surgery system that officials say will improve precision on some ...

4-Aug-2011
Expert Doctor in Chicago's Suburbs to Teach Robotic Surgery to Gynecologists ...
PR Web (press release)
(PRWEB) August 4, 2011 -- Gynecologists across the country who want to specialize in state-of-the-art robotic surgery will soon observe cases at Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights, Ill. The suburban Chicago hospital, with expert surgeon ...

4-Aug-2011
Live Robotic Prostate Surgery Performed for Nation's Youth
PR Newswire (press release)
As a leading urologist in New York and an expert in prostate cancer treatment and robotic surgery procedures, Dr. Samadi's live surgery was a great draw to students participating in the program. National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine provides ...

30-Jul-2011
Robotic surgery investment opens new era at Charlotte hospitals
Charlotte Business Journal
Instead, the gynecologic oncologist sits at a console a few feet away from the patient, using his hands and feet to guide computerized robot arms through the procedure. The robot gives him three-dimensional high-definition images with 10-times ...

30-Jul-2011
Central Texas hospital operators increasing focus on robot-assisted surgery as ...
Austin Business Journal
Dr. Randy Fagin heads the Texas Institute for Robotic Surgery at St. David's North Austin Medical Center. Dr. Randy Fagin is among many physicians and hospital administrators betting that a major part of future surgery will be in the remote-controlled ...

30-Jul-2011
Jacksonville hospitals' new tools used to improve patient care
Jacksonville Business Journal
The nurses and surgical technicians who work in robotic surgery at St. Vincent's Medical Center pose with the hospital's new Da Vinci Surgical System. The Da Vinci system uses 3-D, high-definition vision, four robotic arms and minuscule instruments to ...

28-Jul-2011
Robotic Gynecologic Surgery Delivers Better Outcomes, Decreases Post-op Pain
Becker's ASC Review
He said surgeons must be careful to take time preparing patients and the operating room for robotic surgery. According to the report, approximately 30-45 minutes is required for anesthesia, extremity protection, immobilization and insertion of ports ...

28-Jul-2011
State-of-the-art robot comes to OMH
TMC Net
Jul 26, 2011 (The Daily News - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- A surgical team at Onslow Memorial Hospital will be the first to perform robotic surgery there this week. The hospital recently debuted the latest model of the da ...

28-Jul-2011
NGPG to host sessions about treatment for morbid obesity
Access North Georgia
Dr. Nguyen received his fellowship training from the University of Texas in minimally invasive surgery, minimally invasive robotic surgery and bariatric surgery. He is the only fellowship trained bariatric surgeon in Hall County and the only surgeon ...

28-Jul-2011
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
MD News (press release)
“Now the rest of the United States, Europe and parts of South America are moving along the same path to treat patients with robotic surgery.” Historically, sinus and nasal tumors have been approached externally through facial incisions and partial ...

27-Jul-2011
Patients Reap Rewards of Innovative Surgery
Arizona Public Media
Surgeon Carlos Galvani talks about robotic surgery, minimally invasive surgery and other pioneering operating room techniques. Traditional open surgery with a large incision is still practiced, but it has its drawbacks, including pain, trauma, ...

26-Jul-2011
'Monster tumor' survivor tells nation her story
Cincinnati.com
Richards acted out his robotic surgery on a dummy patient in front of a camera. David and Chellie Givens, Echols' parents, were interviewed and filmed talking to doctors. Echols' husband, Mike Echols, was there. He wasn't there for the real episode. ...

25-Jul-2011
Robotic surgeon 'can ease bed crunch'
Straits Times
Dr Ng says robotic surgery can do much more than laparoscopy because the robot's arm is as flexible as a human hand and can bend and rotate just like a wrist and fingers. -- ST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM A ROBOT that can reach inside patients during surgery ...

24-Jul-2011
Robotic surgery gains popularity
Corpus Christi Caller Times
The growing popularity of this pricey equipment — which can cost more than $2 million, according to some estimates — has sparked a debate on the merits and risks of robotic surgery. Both local hospital systems now have surgical robots in an effort, ...

24-Jul-2011
Robotic surgery makes debut at ORHC
TMC Net
"He gave me the option and I said, yes, I'd gladly do the robotic surgery because it's the least invasive surgery they have," said Miller, 36 of Eddyville. "He explained all these options to me and asked which option I liked." Miller will be the first ...

24-Jul-2011
Texas Tech Students Practice Surgery Without Patients
KVIA El Paso
EL PASO, TX -- The Da Vinci Surgery Simulator at Las Palmas Medical Center allows residents to preform complicated robotic surgery through virtual reality. Vaneesha Vallabh is a third-year resident physician at Texas Tech. She was delighted when she ...

23-Jul-2011
Israeli doctors learn robotics, with the help of local MDs
New Jersey Jewish Standard
And thanks to a program supported by the Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey's Partnership2Gether, Israeli doctors will learn how to use the mostly American-made devices with the intention of introducing robotic surgery into Israeli hospitals. ...

23-Jul-2011
Robotic Surgeries Popular With Prostate Cancer Patients
TopNews New Zealand
The robotic surgery is not performed by human structured robots, but it was a computer-based technology, where three small robotic arms are used to carry out the surgery, which is supervised and guided by a surgeon. A surgical robot is a stainless ...

22-Jul-2011
Centegra Performs First Robotic Surgery in McHenry County
RedOrbit
Dr. David Goldrath, Dr. Richard Troy and a highly skilled surgical team at Centegra Hospital-McHenry performed the first robotic surgery in McHenry County July 6. The team used the newest daVinci Si HD Surgical System to perform a prostatectomy ...

21-Jul-2011
1000th robotic surgery performed at Loma Linda
abc7.com
LOMA LINDA, Calif. (KABC) -- One thousand robotic-assisted surgeries have been performed at Loma Linda University Heart and Surgical Hospital, it was announced Wednesday. Dr. Herbert Ruckle performed a robotic prostatectomy on June 27 on a Santa Maria ...

21-Jul-2011
Guthrie moving towards 'the future' of surgery
Morning Times
The da Vinci Robotic Surgery System — which RPH debuted in October for urology procedures — will now take on a new role, performing gynecological procedures such as hysterectomies and reversal tubal ligation. Guthrie's Surgical Oncologist David ...

21-Jul-2011
Hidden Incision Surgery: Tiny Scars Disappear Below Bikini Line
33 KDAF-TV
Kendall was referred to Dr. Patricio Gargollo--the director of Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery in Pediatric Urology at Children's Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Gargollo developed a technique called hidden incision endoscopic surgery or ...

20-Jul-2011
Do robots drive up prostate surgeries?
Reuters
By Eric Schultz NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - After Wisconsin hospitals acquired robotic surgery technology, the number of prostate removals they performed doubled within three months, a new study shows. By contrast, the number of prostate surgeries ...

20-Jul-2011
EON Reality Software Used for Virtual Reality Robotic Heart Surgery Training ...
Marketwire (press release)
FCSD has used Virtual Reality technology to create several training stations that help users to better understand the benefits of robotic surgery and how to use a robotic system during the surgery treatment. The total Virtual Reality scene was ...

20-Jul-2011
Robotic Gyn Surgery Delivers Distinct Advantages
MD News (press release)
Robotic surgery is certainly here to stay. Its ongoing evolution is remarkable. Lasers can now be used for removal of fibroids, Covidien V-Loc sutures for fast closure of the vaginal cuff and robotic sacrocolpopexy to correct uterine and vaginal vault ...

20-Jul-2011
Robotic surgery: good studies of effectiveness "never been done...not going to ...
MedPage Today (blog)
"The robot is the classic example of where good-quality studies of their effectiveness compared to other available interventions have never been done," said Dr. Sean R. Tunis, an internist and founder of the Center for Medical Technology Policy, ...

20-Jul-2011
Guthrie's Surgical Robot: Saving one Life at a Time
WETM-TV
Not everyone is eligible for the robotic surgery. Health Officials at Guthrie view each patients history before deciding if they can have a robotic or traditional surgery. Even though the surgery is assisted by the robot, the patient is accompanied in ...

19-Jul-2011
Robotic surgery extends its reach in health care, hospital marketing
Washington Post
By Christian Torres, If robotic surgery is the future of medicine, many in the health-care industry would like you to know that the future is already here. In 2010, an estimated 220000 US procedures were assisted by a robotic device called the da Vinci ...

19-Jul-2011
Robotic Surgery Expert Personalizing Prostate Cancer Treatment for Israeli ...
Marketwire (press release)
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - Jul 18, 2011) - International patients seeking medical expertise and treatment in the United States is a growing part of the US healthcare landscape. In fact, inbound medical tourism is predicted to exceed half a million ...

19-Jul-2011
First Ever Robotic Surgery for Throat Cancer at UAMS
KATV
Robotic surgery is nothing new but it is very new in the ear, nose, and throat department. "I had a knot in my neck, it didn't hurt," said patient Pat Longinotti. At the urging of his daughter, who is a nurse, Longinotti got his neck checked out and ...

19-Jul-2011
Team provides business savvy to man's idea for surgical robotics
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Company officials say it could become a game-changer because it is flexible but can become rigid to manipulate tools, unlike other robotic surgery devices on the market. "I saw this as unlocking this whole leap in minimally invasive surgery," said ...

19-Jul-2011
Oklahoma Surgical Hospital Receives Accolades
Greater Tulsa Reporter Newspapers
... its name to the current Oklahoma Surgical Hospital to reflect this expansion of its expert surgical services, which has continued to grow and now includes one of the largest state-of-the-art multi-disciplinary robotic surgery programs in the state. ...

18-Jul-2011
Robotic surgery gains ground in Delaware hospitals
The News Journal
"It's not like I'm not a fan of the technology," said Hu, who has performed more than 1200 robotic surgeries and completed a one-year robotic surgery fellowship. "But there's a misconception that the robot is better than the traditional method. ...

16-Jul-2011
Robotic-Assisted Surgery Now Safe for Children
TMC Net
According to Thomas' story, robotic surgery is so successful because it uses instrument tips “that rotate like the human wrist, making complex surgeries easier and more natural for surgeons to perform than traditional 2-D laparoscopy,” she writes. ...

15-Jul-2011
Drs. Lehman, Ho Perform Cancer Robotic Surgery
Space Coast Medicine and Healthy Living
They are the only surgeons in Central Florida practicing robotic surgery for head and neck cancers. This option is making traditionally inoperable or extremely invasive surgery completely minimally invasive for patients, resulting in decreased recovery ...

13-Jul-2011
Robot surgery draws skepticism
Korea Times
By Kim Tae-jong The nation's top hospitals are touting the clinical superiority of robotic surgery, but some experts are casting doubts on the use of the machines amid growing cases of medical malpractices. Critics claim hospitals are exaggerating the ...

13-Jul-2011
Blazing the trail with robotic kidney surgery
NBC2 News
Joan opted for the robotic surgery because it was less invasive than other methods and offered a quicker recovery. Using a few small holes, the da Vinci robot removed the obstructed segment, then sewed the ends together. While her surgeon operated the ...

13-Jul-2011
Procedure makes Spring man's heart healthy again
Your Houston News
With a fourth child on the way in September, the couple is resting a little easier thanks to an innovative robotic surgery performed by the Texas Heart Institute in August 2010 which has nearly fixed his irregular heartbeat completely. ...

12-Jul-2011
Memorial Hermann hosting webinar on robotic surgery
Woodlands Online, LLC
THE WOODLANDS, Texas -- Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Hospital will host a live question and answer webinar on Thursday, July 14 from noon to 1 pm, titled "Why robotic surgery?," focusing on robotic-assisted surgery and why it is superior to ...

11-Jul-2011
$1 million raised for robotic surgery
Chaska Herald
Norm and Ann Hoffman, Waconia, were recognized at the Ridgeview Foundation Golf & Taste Celebration for their $500000 gift. A record $1 million was raised at Ridgeview Foundation's 26th Anniversary Golf & Taste Celebration, held June 27 at Island View ...

10-Jul-2011
Medical Travel, Robotic Surgery, and Prostate Cancer Treatment News
PR Newswire (press release)
The benefits that robotic surgery can present to a patient are numerous and, in many cases, life-saving." Dr. Samadi, an expert in robotic prostate surgery, has been actively involved in bringing robotic surgery expertise to many countries. ...

10-Jul-2011
Playing It Safe With Electrosurgery
OutpatientSurgery.net
The medical director of the gynecologic robotic surgery program at Florida Hospital in Celebration addressed how best to protect patients in the September 2010 issue of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology and discussed the concepts with us. ...

10-Jul-2011
Asia's first 3rd generation robot with simulator launched at Asian Heart ...
Online PR News (press release)
Set up with the most advanced robotic surgery systems from Intuitive Surgicals, the third generation 'da Vinci Si' series of computer assisted robotic surgery system with simulator is the first and best of its kind in Asia. Four surgeons of Asian heart ...

9-Jul-2011
Surgical robot tackles colorectal surgery
Deseret News
In robotic surgery, the surgeon sits at a console a few feet away from the operating table where a patient has small incisions cut in his abdomen to serve as portals through which the instruments will be fed. The surgeon controls the robot's four arms ...

9-Jul-2011
India Today Best Medical school is AIIMS
India Today
A case in point: robotic surgery, one of the vital new technologies revolutionising modern surgery. This year, AIIMS adopted robotic surgery in every department. A short trot from 2008 when Dr Arvind Kumar, professor of surgery, conducted India's first ...

8-Jul-2011
RGHS' Valvo named to post at Titan Medical
Rochester Business Journal
By WILL ASTOR The head of Rochester General Health System's robotic surgery program has been named vice president of medical affairs for a Toronto-based robotic surgery venture. Titan Medical Inc. on Thursday announced John Valvo MD's appointment to ...

8-Jul-2011
Allegheny General Hospital performs robot-assisted live-donor kidney transplant
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
"Robotic surgery is much more precise and it's the future," said Dr. Kusum Tom, who performed the surgery alongside Drs. Ngoc Thai and Akhtar Khan. Surgeons guided the hospital's da Vinci Robotic Surgical System during the surgery June 30 on a ...

8-Jul-2011
da Vinci Robotic Surgical System now available at Good Sam
Warwick Advertiser
Officials said Da Vinci robotic surgery is an advanced extension of laparoscopic surgery, allowing doctors to perform the same traditional procedures, but with smaller incisions. The da Vinci Surgical System takes laparoscopic surgery to the next level ...

8-Jul-2011
Cutting the Edge: Two Seattle Children's Pediatric Robotic Surgeons Test the ...
MD News (press release)
Robotic surgery also adds revolutionary instrument tips that rotate like the human wrist, making complex surgeries easier and more natural for surgeons to perform than traditional 2-D laparoscopy. Dr. Meehan finds several advantages to using the robot ...

8-Jul-2011
Titan Medical Inc. Appoints Dr. John R. Valvo as Vice President of Medical Affairs
MarketWatch (press release)
"His wealth of knowledge and expertise in robotic surgery will be an important asset in building a novel robotic surgical platform, leading our world-class medical affairs team, and supporting the clinical launch and commercialization of Amadeus. ...

7-Jul-2011
Central New York hospitals keep adding robotic surgery systems; expert says ...
Syracuse.com
By James T. Mulder / The Post-Standard David Lassman / The Post-Standard “I personally never claim superiority of one procedure over another,” Dr. Gennady Bratslavsky (left), chief of urology at Upstate University Hospital, said about robotic surgery ...

7-Jul-2011
City's first robotic arms to lend helping hand in surgery
Times of India
The Asian Vattikuti Institute of robotic surgery will be performing its first robot-assisted surgery within the month and will soon offer advanced robotic surgery for disciplines such as urology, cardio-thoracic, gynaecology and oncology. ...

6-Jul-2011
Singapore expertise pioneers quick and scarless surgery
EurekAlert (press release)
This new procedure – the world's first flexible endoscopy robotic surgery in the stomach – was successfully performed on patients suffering from gastric tumours in India. The procedure was performed on a total of three patients, one patient per day ...

2-Jul-2011
OCEANSIDE: Tri-City moves to offer robotic surgery
North County Times
Scripps Health and Sharp Healthcare also offer robotic surgery in San Diego County. Dr. Brano Cizmar, an Escondido gynecologist, said he has performed 60 to 70 hysterectomies with the da Vinci over the past 18 months. ...

1-Jul-2011
Robotic Surgery Now Used on Almost Any Part of the Body
Becker's ASC Review
By Leigh Page | June 30, 2011 Robots are now used to perform surgery on almost any part of the body, including prostatectomies, hysterectomies, spine surgery and even removal of cancerous parts of lungs, according to a report by HealthTech. ...

30-Jun-2011
St. Clare's blesses $14 million high-tech surgical center
Dailyrecord.com
Photo courtesy of Saint Clare's Medical Center Lights and Robot: Saint Clare?s new $14 million Surgical Pavilion includes LED surgical lights, real-time video integration, and the latest in robotic surgery. The lighting system improves visibility by ...

30-Jun-2011
Comparison of the learning curve and outcomes of robotic assisted pediatric ...
UroToday
We compared the learning curve and outcomes in children undergoing robotic assisted laparoscopic pyeloplasty during the initiation of a robotic surgery program compared to the benchmark of open pyeloplasty. The records of our first consecutive 33 ...

30-Jun-2011
Collins Stewart Comments on Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) Following Annual World ...
StreetInsider.com (subscription)
The firm reports that robotic surgery conference has made them more bullish on the long-term growth potential from the da Vinci procedure. Notes that it just confirmed its thought that ISRG is the best long-term growth story in MedTech. ...

29-Jun-2011
The Fun Has Just Begun - Fox 2 Internship
MyFox Detroit
I have traveled to Beaumont Hospital in Troy to interview a doctor about robotic surgery for prostate cancer and sit in on a live surgery. It's a good thing that I am extremely interested in the health field and enjoy watching surgery because they put ...

28-Jun-2011
Rochester General Hospital reaches robotic surgery milestone
Rochester Business Journal
By WILL ASTOR In robotic surgeries, sophisticated machines guided by specially trained doctors operate on patients. Benefits include the ability to make very small incisions and very precise excisions, boons that cut patients' recovery times. ...

28-Jun-2011
Minimal Invasive Surgery At Dr. Rose Private Hospital In Budapest
XpatLoop.com
Minimal Invasive Surgery (MIS) is a collective noun: operations done through a Minilaparotomy (very small incision – 4-6 cm), Laparoscopic Surgery (keyhole surgery), Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) and Robotic Surgery belongs to ...

25-Jun-2011
Robotic Surgery, Now A Reality
Manila Bulletin
Robotic surgery is a breakthrough surgical technology which raises the bar of surgical management in the Philippines with a new category of minimally invasive surgery in the country. The Da Vinci Surgical System is a sophisticated robotic set up ...

24-Jun-2011
Robotics award for i-Snake® team
Wellcome Trust
The i-Snake® robot is expected to make significant advances in robotic surgery and ensure greater success in the development of future clinical robotic systems. Hear from the i-Snake® research team in this Wellcome Trust Video and look out for more ...

24-Jun-2011
BK Medical Shows New, Revolutionary Advanced Robotic Ultrasound Technology ...
MarketWatch (press release)
... the industry's first complete ultrasound imaging solution for robotic-assisted surgery, at the Sixth Annual World Robotic Urology Symposium (WRUS) in conjunction with the Society of Robotic Surgery's second annual event, June 27-29 in Miami, ...

24-Jun-2011
Prostate Cancer Treatment Study: Immunotherapy Drug Treatments for Prostate ...
PR Newswire (press release)
Dr. Samadi is a specialist in prostate cancer treatment and robotic surgery. In contrast to these new drugs, robotic prostatectomy has been shown to provide one of the highest prostate cure rates of any primary treatment. ...

23-Jun-2011
St. Petersburg General Hospital Is Tampa Bay Area's Leader in Training ...
MD News (press release)
St. Petersburg General Hospital has a strong tradition of innovation in robotic surgery, acquiring one of the first systems in Pinellas County. Specialty areas in which robotic surgical procedures have been performed include gynecology, urology, ...

23-Jun-2011
KIMS to perform south India's first robot assisted surgeries soon
pharmabiz.com
We will organise robotic surgeries from June 26 to July 2, 2011 and live workshop for consultants on June 29 on robotic surgery. Dr James Peabody, a leading consultant in robotic surgery at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, USA, will conduct ...

21-Jun-2011
Single-Port Robotic Cholecystectomy Results From a First Human Use Clinical ...
Archives of Surgery
There were no serious adverse events in the robotic surgery group, with an average follow-up of 3 or more months. Conclusion Robotic single-port cholecystectomy is feasible and comparable with standard laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the Veterans ...

20-Jun-2011
Harvard Medical School adviser: Do robots make better surgeons?
Detroit Free Press
QUESTION: A hospital in my area is advertising robotic surgery. Is having your surgery done by these new machines really any better than having a surgeon do the operation? ANSWER: It's an interesting question, though a tough one to answer. ...

18-Jun-2011
First robotic assisted lobectomy performed in region
The News Herald
He recommends patients talk with their doctor about the most appropriate treatment for their condition. Da Vinci robotic surgery can be used for a variety of procedures, including gynecologic, urologic, prostate, pediatric surgery, general surgery and ...

17-Jun-2011
A local surgeon used the Davinci Robotic Surgical System last night to perform ...
WJHG-TV
Panama City - Robotic surgery has been available here locally for about five years, but doctors are using it for new procedure all the time. The 61 year old woman, who was part of a local medical "first", was originally admitted to Gulf Coast Medical ...

17-Jun-2011
GYN Oncology of Miami Offers Personalized Care Including Robotic Surgery
PR Newswire (press release)
MIAMI, June 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Drs. Nicholas C. Lambrou and Troy A. Gatcliffe are pleased to announce the opening of GYN Oncology of Miami. Fellowship trained in gynecologic oncology, Drs. Lambrou and Gatcliffe are specialists in the surgical and ...

17-Jun-2011
Minimally invasive, extraordinarily precise
Gwinnett Business Journal
Specialty-trained surgeons using robotic surgery are producing revolutionary outcomes and Gwinnett Medical Center–Duluth is the first all-digital hospital in north Atlanta to offer this technology to Duluth, Johns Creek, Peachtree Corners, ...

17-Jun-2011
Robot Helps Metro Detroit Dad Rik Stefan Fight Prostate Cancer
MyFox Detroit
"With the robotic surgery, the patients are home in a day. They have a catheter for only about a week, and really in about two weeks they're almost completely back to normal. So, it's a huge recovery. Also, with the great technology of the robot, ...

16-Jun-2011
Robot surgery first at maternity hospital
Irish Health
CUMH established its robotic surgery system in 2008 and says it is now the only hospital in Europe providing robot procedures for both benign and cancerous conditions. The targeted parts of the body used in the robot surgery appear at high ...

16-Jun-2011
82 resident doctors from HMC complete laparoscopic course
Gulf Times
The collaborative post-graduate surgical programme was launched jointly by HMC and Qatar Robotic Surgery Centre (QRSC) of Qatar Science & Technology Park.The residents were from different surgical divisions including general surgery, paediatric surgery ...

16-Jun-2011
UB Faculty Inventiveness Attracts Awards
UB News Center
Thenkurussi "Kesh" Kesavadas, PhD, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, and Khurshid A. Guru, MD, director of robotic surgery at Roswell Park Cancer Institute and UB clinical assistant professor of urology, received the Creative ...

15-Jun-2011
CUMH is 1st European Robotic Gynaecological Epicentre
Siliconrepublic.com
The hospital performed its first robotic surgery in Great Britain and Ireland in 2007 and established its gynaecological robotic programme in 2008. While there are three other epicentres in Europe which perform either benign or cancer procedures, ...

14-Jun-2011
Does robot surgery live up to the hype?
Mass Device
More physicians are turning to robotic surgery systems to aid in the operating room, but are the machines worth their multi-million dollar expense? MASSDEVICE ON CALL — Most hospitals touting the superiority of their robotic surgery systems do so ...

14-Jun-2011
Robotics in Orthopedic Surgery: 6 Points on the Present and Future
Becker's Orthopedic & Spine (press release)
Patient demand for robotic surgery. In some communities, patients are driving the trend toward robotic- and computer-assisted procedures by demanding them from their physicians. "Patients see advertisements and hear a lot about robotic surgery, ...

14-Jun-2011
Medical Minute 6-13: Removing the Stones Growing in Your Mouth
WCTV
So, we are doing salivary endoscopy and we are also doing robotic surgery, which is traditionally used for tumors of the tongue, tonsils and also for thyroid surgery. But we use the robotic technology and salivary endoscopy and merge it together. ...

14-Jun-2011
What Is the Best Medical Device?
MedPage Today
Is it the robotic surgery that reams out the worst prostate cancers remotely? Is it the Total Genomic Analysis that predicts what your genetic future holds? Is it the GI endoscope that checks out your innards from stem to stern? ...

13-Jun-2011
Rush to robotic surgery raising flags
Boston Herald
Despite encouraging early results, it remains unclear if long-term outcomes for robotic surgery are better than conventional approaches. Even robot advocates see merit in the questions critics raise. "I've converted most of my surgery to robotic. ...

13-Jun-2011
bill would allow videotaping of surgeries
Boston Herald
Another bill set to be heard at the same time would create a special commission to investigate the use of robotic surgery in Massachusetts and develop a training protocol. A third bill would prohibit doctors and other health care professionals from ...

12-Jun-2011
How the robotic arm cures cancer
Hindustan Times
Robotic surgery throws up images of scalpel-wielding androids making precise little incisions, and the truth is not far from it. The robotic arms manoeuvring the tiny surgical instruments are remotely controlled by a highly-trained surgeon from a ...

10-Jun-2011
More Men Choosing Prostatectomies Done by Robots
TMC Net
What's really interesting is that men's eagerness to try robotic surgery is coming in the face of a national decrease in prostate cancer incidence, according to the story on prnewswire.com. "This means that more surgeons and hospitals are adopting ...

10-Jun-2011
Latest Generation Da Vinci Si Robot Continues to Redefine Standards of Care at ...
Your-Story.org (press release)
They hope to increase the utilization of the robot and apply robotic surgery more widely in their evolving programs. Patients wishing to learn more about the St. Luke's–Roosevelt Robotics Program at St. Luke's Hospital should visit the website at ...

10-Jun-2011
Elmhurst Hospital hosts Hinsdale reception.
The Doings Weekly
Other cutting-edge services will include a 320-slice computerized tomography (CT) scanner, the most advanced available and the first in the state; a new open-bore magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system; and a da Vinci robotic surgery system, ...

9-Jun-2011
Prostate Cancer News: Robotic Surgery Adoption Is Prompting More Men To Choose ...
PR Newswire (press release)
"This means that more surgeons and hospitals are adopting robotic surgery technology and more patients are readily embracing it above other prostate cancer treatment options," explained Dr. Samadi, Vice Chairman, Department of Urology, ...

9-Jun-2011
Robotics for the surgical treatment of pediatric patients: An overview
Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants
Pediatric surgeons have begun to incorporate the advancements of robotic surgery by adapting the equipment to accommodate the pediatric surgical patient. The da Vinci SI Surgical System, introduced in April 2009, boasts advanced three-dimensional ...

9-Jun-2011
Carolinas HealthCare System expands robotic surgery
Bizjournals.com
“Both regionally and nationally, urologists were the first surgical specialists to enthusiastically embrace robotic surgery as a way of offering their patients relatively painless, bloodless and precise surgery some seven to eight years ago,” says Dr. ...

9-Jun-2011
Life-Preserving Lung Cancer Surgery
Marketwire (press release)
WEST HARTFORD, CT--(Marketwire - Jun 8, 2011) - BroadcastMed, Inc.'s surgical web portal ORLive.com presents a live webcast featuring South Miami Hospital's Center for Robotic Surgery. Thoracic surgeon Dr. Mark Dylewski will use the daVinci Robotic ...

9-Jun-2011
Forging efficiencies through medical coordination | Philadelphia Inquirer ...
Philadelphia Inquirer
There is robotic surgery, proton therapy, personalized genomics - even mobile-phone apps that are centered on medicine. Amid the whiz-bang, one set of innovations is considered so cutting edge that the federal government is spending $10 billion to ...

9-Jun-2011
Don't Let Marketing Language Mislead Patients
HealthLeaders Media
A study from Johns Hopkins Journal for Healthcare Quality reports that hospital websites promoting robotic surgery largely ignore the risks associated with the procedures. About four in 10 hospital websites in the US promote the use of robotic surgery ...

8-Jun-2011
Seattle Children's Robotics Program Celebrates Five Years of Life-Changing ...
Newswise (press release)
Since its inception in 2006, Children's has grown to become recognized as a worldwide leader in pediatric robotic surgery and research. At the centerpiece of its program, are two components that set it apart from the rest: 1) several of the industry's ...

8-Jun-2011
Titan Medical Inc. Appoints Dr. Li-Ming Su to Its Medical Advisory Board
SYS-CON Media (press release)
"We are very pleased to welcome Dr. Li-Ming Su to our world-class Medical Advisory Board," said Dr. Reiza Rayman, President of Titan Medical Inc. "The addition of Dr. Li-Ming Su strengthens our expertise in robotic surgery for urology where he will ...

8-Jun-2011
NEWS: Retrospective Review Reports Safety of Robot-assisted Complex Pancreatic ...
MediNEWS.Direct!
Although robotic surgery is considered to be an effective procedure compared to open surgery, it is associated with certain limitations. Some of the demerits of this technique include high cost of robotic operations, bulkiness of the equipment, ...

7-Jun-2011
Robotic Myomectomy Bests Open Surgery for Uterine Fibroids
Medscape
"The take-home message of this study is that gynecologists who perform myomectomy should consider da Vinci robotic surgery," said Magdi Hanafi, MD, from Gynecology and Fertility Specialists in Atlanta. "Patient selection is important, ...

6-Jun-2011
Robotic surgery not cost-effective in India, says expert
Times of India
PUNE: The cost involved in robotic surgery (computer or robot-assisted surgery) has prevented its rapid spread in India and it will take another five years for the surgery to become cost-effective and popular. This was stated by Robert K Zurawin ...

5-Jun-2011
Robots may not have edge in prostate cancer surgery
Sydney Morning Herald
Faced with the Big C, the latest whiz-bang treatment for prostate cancer is robotic surgery. The urologists using this state-of-the art technique promise shorter hospital stays, fewer complications, less blood loss and reduced pain. ...

3-Jun-2011
Chattanooga's Memorial Hospital Gets Latest Robotic Surgery Equipment
WDEF News 12
During robotic surgery doctors sit a few feet away from the patient and operate the system from a console. Mike Stowell who sells the da Vinci says, "It mimics what they do in an open surgery because they have hands but at the same time it really ...

3-Jun-2011
Lutheran General set to be first in Illinois to perform new kidney cancer ...
TribLocal
By Advocate Lutheran General Hospital Today at 9:49 am Advocate Lutheran General Hospital is the first teaching hospital in Chicago's north and northwest suburbs to acquire a da Vinci-Si Surgical System®, the most advanced robotic surgery system ...

3-Jun-2011
Robotic Prostatectomy Safe for Patients With Glaucoma
Medscape
... is largely theoretical," Ronney Abaza, MD, director of robotic urologic surgery and codirector of the Center for Advanced Robotic Surgery at the Ohio State University Medical Center and James Cancer Hospital in Columbus, told Medscape Medical News. ...

28-May-2011
Major fundraising campaign launched to raise £2.5M for Scotland's first ...
Media Newswire (press release)
Robotic surgery for severe endometriosis can help relieve pain, improve fertility and restore quality of life.” Many bowel cancer operations can also now be done using keyhole surgery, although removing a bowel tumour using keyhole surgery is a ...

27-May-2011
Prostate Cancer Treatment Advancements in Israel: Arrival of the SMART Surgery ...
Marketwire (press release)
What distinguishes Dr. Samadi's robotic surgery program at Mount Sinai in comparison to other prostate cancer treatment centers worldwide is the personalized approach to prostate cancer treatment provided. Dr. Samadi's office features an international ...

27-May-2011
Hospital bids to be first to give patients surgery by robots
Scotsman
The robotic surgery will be made available to urological, general surgery and gynaecological teams at the ARI, but is expected to particularly benefit patients with prostate, colorectal and gynaecological cancers and other specialities such as cardiac ...

27-May-2011
Robo-Simulator Gives Shaky New Surgeons The Strokes Of Smooth Operators
Fast Company
It's the latest innovation of Dr. Thenkurussi Kesavadas, Head of the Virtual Reality Lab, University of Buffalo and Dr. Khurshid A.Guru, Director of the Center for Robotic Surgery, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, who jointly released what they call a ...

27-May-2011
Robotic Cystectomy Safe in Octogenarians
Medscape
There were no differences in pathology between the 2 groups after robotic surgery. Mean overall survival was 15 months in the older patients and 20 months in younger patients (P = .001). "Obviously, older patients had a shorter overall survival because ...

26-May-2011
Lancaster Regional advances robotic surgery system
Central Penn Business Journal
By Jason Scott Lancaster Regional Medical Center recently invested more than $1 million to upgrade its da Vinci robotic surgery system, a hospital spokeswoman said. The new da Vinci SI system boasts enhanced 3-D capability and an optional dual console ...

26-May-2011
Robots Rule the World in the Surgical Suite
TMC Net
The worldwide market for medical robotics has shown tremendous growth in the past several years and is projected to grow even more, according to the 2011 Robotic Surgery Market Report, a yearly study by ResearchandMarkets.com. Robotic surgery is a ...

24-May-2011
Robotic surgery oversold on hospital websites
WSFA
By Steven Reinberg FRIDAY, May 20 (HealthDay News) -- Many hospitals tout the benefits of robotic surgery on their websites without solid scientific evidence to back up those claims, Johns Hopkins researchers report. In fact, four out of 10 hospitals ...

24-May-2011
Surgery by robot will be on display
Charlotte Observer
More than 25 NC hospitals now offer daVinci robotic surgery, including 10 in the Charlotte area. On Saturday, visitors to Discovery Place science museum will have to "test-drive" the robot by moving the controls as a doctor would in surgery. ...

23-May-2011
Hospitals Misleading Patients About Benefits Of Robotic Surgery, Study Suggests
VAdvert Press Center (press release)
An estimated four in 10 hospital websites in the United States publicize the use of robotic surgery, with the lion's share touting its clinical superiority despite a lack of scientific evidence that robotic surgery is any better than conventional ...

22-May-2011
Hospitals 'overstate robotic surgery gains'
Trade Arabia
An estimated four in 10 hospital websites in the US promote the use of robotic surgery, despite a lack of scientific evidence that robotic surgery is any better than conventional operations, a new John Hopkins study said. The promotional materials ...

21-May-2011
Porter Adventist touting robotic surgery institute
Denver Business Journal
Porter Adventist Hospital of Denver has launched the first robotic surgery specialty center in the Denver area, hoping to become the regional leader in the one-time-futuristic medical practice that's becoming more common. The Porter Robotics Institute ...

20-May-2011
Despite Claims, No Evidence that Robotic Surgery Is Better Than Traditional
MyHealthNewsDaily
There are 10 randomized controlled studies (the "gold standard" for testing scientific validity and effectiveness) regarding robotic surgeries, but none of them show that robotic surgery is better than traditional surgery, said study researcher Dr. ...

20-May-2011
Da Vinci robot brings precision to surgery
Sioux City Journal
Submitted photo Robotic surgery is producing more accurate results when it comes to things like prostatectomies, according to Dr. Craig A. Block, a urologist with Siouxland Urology Associates, PC pictured in front of the da Vinci Robotic Surgical ...

19-May-2011
Robotic surgery's benefits not yet proven
Baltimore Sun (blog)
Hospitals may be misleading their patients about the superiority of robotic surgery over conventional surgery, according to new research from Johns Hopkins. Robotic surgery is the latest high tech thing, and many facilities are investing heavily in ...

19-May-2011
Hospitals exaggerate benefits of robotic surgery
FierceHealthcare
A review of 400 randomly selected hospital websites found out that many may be overestimating the benefits of using robotic surgery at their facilities--while at the same time ignoring the risks, according to researchers at Johns Hopkins University ...

19-May-2011
Endometriosis treated with less invasive technique
KGO-TV
Doctors at El Camino Hospital in Mountain View tackled a particularly challenging case recently and they used minimally invasive, robotic surgery. Camran Nezhat, MD, pioneered many of the minimally invasive techniques used by doctors worldwide to treat ...

18-May-2011
Leading a Gynecologic Surgery Paradigm Shift
MD News (press release)
When Dr. Dabbous saw plans for the state-of-the-art facility, he knew the hospital couldn't be considered complete without robotic surgery capabilities. With Dr. Dabbous' help, the robotics program was in place within the first year after the hospital ...

17-May-2011
'Revolution is at hand' for breakthroughs in medicine
Los Angeles Times
Doing robotic surgery lets surgeons be more precise, make smaller incisions and it takes a load off their feet. Rather than stand for hours over an operating table, surgeons performing robotic surgery sit at a video-arcade-like console, ...

17-May-2011
Robotic surgery can make hysterectomy recovery easier
WCNC
Dr. Cary Fishburne of Huntersville OB/GYN used something called da Vinci Robotic Surgery. "You set the robotic equipment up to laparoscopic mini incisions and then, as the surgeon, I step away from the table and go to the da Vinci console," said ...

16-May-2011
Pregnancy and women's health
Cebu Daily News
Prior to the availability of Robotic Surgery, this would have required opening the abdomen. Dr. Brown has been doing Robotic surgery for this condition in Lake Charles. Medical treatment for fibroids with Lupron is used only preoperatively to decrease ...

14-May-2011
Intel Capital announces US$18mn investment in Indian Companies
India Infoline.com
Intel Capital also signed an agreement to invest in Sudhir Srivastava Robotic Surgery Centre (SSARSC), a provider of advanced robotic surgery procedures for specialty areas such as cardiac, urology, thoracic, gynaecology, orthopaedics, head and neck ...

13-May-2011
Surgeon-Engineer Team Debuts Procedure-Specific Modules for Robot-Assisted Surgery
UB News Center
Khurshid A. Guru, MD, director of robotic surgery at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI), and Thenkurussi "Kesh" Kesavadas, PhD, director of the Virtual Reality Lab and a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University at Buffalo ...

13-May-2011
Video: Robotic surgery cuts down on recovery time at MidMichigan Medical ...
The Saginaw News - MLive.com
The Midland hospital performs gynecologic and urologic operations using the device for patients who opt for the robotic surgery. The device, which hospital officials say cost “millions of dollars,” is becoming popular with surgeons and patients. ...

13-May-2011
Novadaq Reports First Quarter 2011 Financial Results
Marketwire (press release)
The system will enable surgeons performing robotic surgery to simultaneously perform fluorescence imaging during a variety of surgeries that will be targeted by Intuitive Surgical. During the first quarter, LifeCell™ and Intuitive Surgical combined ...

12-May-2011
Sanford Offers New Robotic Surgery for Tonsil and Tongue Cancer
Prairie Business
This innovative procedure, called transoral robotic surgery (TORS), allows surgeons to operate on tumors in the tonsil or base of tongue without having to make incisions in the neck. Doctors Lee and Spanos are able to remove tumors using a less ...

12-May-2011
Titan Medical Inc. Announces Memorandum of Understanding With Crouse Hospital
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
Dr. David M. Albala, MD, Chief of Urology at Crouse Hospital and Medical Director for Associated Medical Professionals, said, "This is an exciting development  ...

11-May-2011
Titan Medical Inc. Announces Testing Results for Beta Console Early User Study
PR-USA.net (press release)
Robotic surgery is really about information. This console allows the surgeon to be totally immersed in the most critical data to successfully navigate the operative experience more precisely and safely. I'm sure further modifications will build on what ...

9-May-2011
World's Smallest Video Camera
Today's Medical Developments
Medical fields in which such tools are required include: cardiology; orthopedics; gastroenterology; gynecology; otolaryngology, bronchoscopy, and robotic surgery. These cameras will be integrated into endoscopic devices developed and manufactured by ...

6-May-2011
North Ottawa Health System obtains surgical robot
WZZM
Some key benefits for using the Da Vinci robotic surgery over traditional means include less pain, fewer complications, and a faster recovery. The North Ottawa Health System is the only hospital on the lakeshore that currently has the new Da Vinci ...

5-May-2011
Dr. David B. Samadi Discusses Why Robotic Surgery is Quickly Becoming the Go ...
PR Newswire (press release)
I see low dose radiation as a supplemental tool to robotic surgery. It's useful in treating recurring cancer after a prostatectomy, which is unlikely to occur based on my surgical experience, particularly with the SMART Surgery Technique," said Samadi. ...

5-May-2011
Robotic-assisted surgery system speeds patients' recoveries
Press of Atlantic City
Anthony Smedile Dr. Seva Milov and Jacob Cotler, operation room technician, show the Da Vinci Robotic surgery system at AtlanticCare Regional Medical Center, City Campus in Atlantic City. ATLANTIC CITY — When Dorothy Owens needed surgery last year, ...

5-May-2011
Phoebe plans to expand da Vinci Surgical System
Albany Herald On-line
Last year, Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital began offering an option for robotic surgery. Officials announced at a hospital board meeting Wednesday that they would pursue the purchase of a second da Vinci Surgical System. “(The demand) is pretty much ...

4-May-2011
St. John's unveils robotic surgery technology
Joplin Globe
By Emily Younker news@joplinglobe.com JOPLIN, Mo. — Its name is da Vinci. Standing taller than a human and possessing three spindly metal arms, it looks like it came out of a Hollywood “Transformers” film. But the surgical robot is actually the newest ...

4-May-2011
LHSC announces cardiac surgery world first
CNW Group (press release)
"The use of robotic surgery allows us to continually improve our surgery techniques and treat patients who are considered high risk for traditional surgery in a less invasive way," says Dr. Kiaii. "The heart is a moving object - as it pumps blood and ...

3-May-2011
Oaklawn remains a leader in da Vinci Robotic Surgery
Coldwater Daily Reporter
By Anonymous The da Vinci Surgical System incorporates robotics to facilitate complex surgery using a minimally invasive approach. Minimally invasive surgery differs from invasive or open surgery in that it makes use of much smaller incisions, ...

3-May-2011
Qatar's QRSC conducts region's first robotic ENT surgery
Zawya
"The ENT (Ear Nose Throat) procedure was done two weeks ago for tongue reduction," said Dr Abdulla Al Ansari, Chairman of Surgery at Hamad Medical CorporationHamad Medical Corporation and Director of the Qatar Robotic Surgery Centre. ...

3-May-2011
Hospital Uses Top Docs (and Robots) in Surgery with Impressive Results
TMC Net
By Deborah Hirsch Once thought impossible, robotic surgery is now the norm at many hospitals. At Porter Adventist Hospital in Denver, the newly-formed Porter Robotics Institute (PRI) brings together a group a comprehensive team of experienced surgeons ...

3-May-2011
Earnings Scorecard: Intuitive
Zacks.com
We expect a number of procedures that are currently completed either in an open surgical manner or with laparoscopy to be eventually replaced by da Vinci surgery, as robotic surgery becomes the standard of care in many instances. ...

3-May-2011
Home Non-Industrial Vision Medical Diagnostics Comparative assessment of a ...
Vision Systems Design
Introduction RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY is recognized as standard treatment for patients with localized prostate cancer. Traditionally, an open radical prostatectomy has been performed for localized prostate cancer. A large amount of blood loss, ...

3-May-2011
Ways to develop technologies for medical, energy sectors discussed
Gulf Times
Other speakers included Imperial College London Institute for Global Health Innovation chair and surgery professor Lord Ara Darzi, Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Centre Cardiovascular Surgery department Prof Alan Lumsden and Qatar Robotic Surgery ...

2-May-2011
St. John's unveils new robotic surgery technology
Joplin Globe
By Emily Younker Globe Staff Writer JOPLIN, Mo. — St. John's Regional Medical Center is preparing to unveil its new robotic surgical technology. It is designed primarily to ease the surgical procedure for patients by creating smaller and more precise ...

2-May-2011
QRSC conducts region's first robotic ENT surgery
Peninsula On-line
The surgery was made possible by the Qatar Robotic Surgery Center (QRSC), a partnership between Qatar Science and Technology Park (QSTP) and Hamad Medical Corporation, which has helped improve the quality of surgical care here. ...

2-May-2011
Robotic surgery may help remove hard-to-reach throat cancer
HealthJockey.com
Robotic surgery seems to have become a mainstream tool for removing an ever-increasing variety of head and neck tumors. Its contribution in performing thyroid surgery is also phenomenal. On that note, a team of head and neck surgeons from Mayo Clinic ...

2-May-2011
Porter Adventist Hospital Launches Robotics Institute - First in the Region
Newswise (press release)
Newswise — DENVER (May 2, 2011) – Robotic surgery, once the stuff of science fiction, has for some years been recognized as an important advance in surgical technique and patient experience. Now, at Porter Adventist Hospital, a comprehensive team of ...

1-May-2011
Robotic surgery 'effectively' removes hard-to-reach throat cancer
Daily News & Analysis
Till now, robotic surgery was considered a mainstream tool for removing an ever-increasing variety of head and neck tumours. But, now a team of head and neck surgeons from Mayo Clinic has found that robotic surgery can treat cancer in the narrow, ...

1-May-2011
Robotic Surgery Centre carries out major ENT procedure
Gulf Times
“We will start conducting training for personnel on how to do the paediatric robotic surgery in two weeks,” he said while adding up to 150 people comprising doctors, nurses, engineers, researchers and medical students have been trained in basic ...

1-May-2011
Curing bowel cancer the £1.6m robot! How these four-armed machines could ...
Daily Mail
While robotic surgery has been used for some time to remove prostate and gynaecological tumours, and in heart and even brain surgery, this is the first time such procedures have been attempted on colorectal cancers. Now experts at Leeds plan to examine ...

30-Apr-2011
Mayo Clinic finds robotic surgery effective for removing hard-to-reach throat ...
EurekAlert (press release)
Robotic surgery has become a mainstream tool for removing an ever-increasing variety of head and neck tumors. Now, a team of head and neck surgeons from Mayo Clinic has found robotic surgery can treat cancer in the narrow, hard-to-reach area beyond the ...

28-Apr-2011
Health First Gala Supports Robotic Surgery
Space Coast Medicine and Healthy Living
MELBOURNE, FLORIDA – The Health First Foundation hosted their 29th annual benefit ball that will fund a “dual console” for the new robotics-assisted surgery system at Holmes Regional Medical Center. The Gala event was held Saturday, April 16, ...

28-Apr-2011
Healthy Families, Healthy Homes: Da Vinci Robot
KFYR-TV
Doctor Hedgepeth is also the director for the Advanced Robotic Surgery. When the Da Vinci machine was unveiled last July staff knew it would be big and technology advanced, but they didn't know it would be so successful. “Doctors have had enthusiasm ...

28-Apr-2011
Olympic Medical board agrees to join forces with Swedish Medical Center
Sequim Gazette
In 2009 Swedish opened the first operating room in the US specifically designed for robotic surgery. Swedish officials say by utilizing their new da Vinci Surgical System, surgeons at Swedish are able to perform certain types “of complex, ...

21-Apr-2011
Is Intuitive Surgical Finally Slowing Down?
Motley Fool
The most important metric for the robotic surgery company has always been the number of procedures performed on its machines. The procedures directly drive sales of instruments used during the surgical procedures. Unlike a typical medical-device maker ...

21-Apr-2011
4-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: MAKO Surgical
Motley Fool
If this robotic surgery (which has already proven to work very well) taps even a small portion of the potential market, investors are poised to benefit greatly. I'll take my chances. Over the next five years, in fact, MAKO is expected to grow its ...

19-Apr-2011
Early Results Promising for Robotic Pancreatic Resection
Internal Medicine News Digital Network
"The use of robotic surgery has enabled us to get beyond the idea of the surgeon/assistant paradigm to enable four-hand surgery to be done minimally invasively." • Comparative effectiveness research. "It's essential that the technical outcomes and ...

16-Apr-2011
Robotic Techniques Show Promise for Pancreatic Procedures
Internal Medicine News Digital Network
Robotic surgery is continuing to expand its reach, with widespread interest in the technology for endometrial cancer staging and recent exploration of its viability for complex pancreatic resections and reconstructions. ...

16-Apr-2011
Researchers Find Anatomic Differences After Robotic Surgery
MedIndia
by Sheela Philomena on April 15, 2011 at 11:48 AM Anatomy of pelvis following robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) is different when compared to the anatomy of the pelvis following an open prostatectomy (OP), say researchers. ...

15-Apr-2011
Good Samaritan Hospital to be robotic surgery training center
Dayton Daily News
... to the hospital annually for the training, or how many robotic surgeries will be performed at the hospital annually. Dr. Bruce Bernie, Good Sam's medical director for robotic surgery, will head up the so-called “robotic benign gynecologic epicenter.”

15-Apr-2011
Early detection of cancer of the tongue led to robotic surgery and a happier ...
Louisville Courier-Journal
Jaretta Bull, who had a cancerous tumor removed from the base of her tongue, is helping promote screenings aimed at early detection. Her cancer was removed using a robotic system that avoided a disfiguring incision. ...

15-Apr-2011
Good Sam Hospital noted in robotics
WDTN
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) - Good Samaritan Hospital is on the cutting edge of robotic surgery. It is recognized as a regional leader. The Da Vinci robotic surgery is not new to the Miami Valley, but Good Sam has become a major player in the field. ...

15-Apr-2011
Robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy: A critical analysis of its impact ...
UroToday
Lefrak Center of Robotic Surgery and Prostate Cancer Institute, James Buchanan Brady Foundation Department of Urology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York, USA. Over 90% of all prostate cancer ...

15-Apr-2011
Surgical robot deployed in public hospital
Robotics & Automation
This program will provide training and research opportunities for health professionals in the development of robotic surgery services. A new statewide Robotic-Assisted Surgery Advisory Group will assist in the exchange of views and ideas on the use of ...

13-Apr-2011
Claims-made database reveals no claims paid for robotic surgery
Wall Street Journal
Review of National Physician Insurer Database Reviews No Claims Paid for Robotic Surgery ICD-9 Code. www.medicalrobotics.blogspot.com Those with access to other databases or data are welcome to submit. John_Otrompke@yahoo.com We welcome your thoughtful ...

13-Apr-2011
Robotic surgery speeds patient recovery
ABC Online
By Kirsten Veness Robotic cancer surgery is being introduced to the public hospital system for the first time in Victoria. The Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne has been trialing the key-hole surgery technology for the past six months. ...

13-Apr-2011
Cabell Huntington installs robotic surgery equipment
Cabell Standard
HUNTINGTON - With recent upgrades, Cabell Huntington Hospital has become the Tri-State's first facility to install and use two new daVinci® Si Surgical Systems for minimally invasive robotic surgery services. In 2006, Cabell Huntington Hospital became ...

13-Apr-2011
Robots on the Farm
Discovery News
The work could help advance other fields, too, including robotic surgery and other medical applications. Modern commercial farms are already full of tractors with automated steering and machines that can milk cows and till soil. ...

12-Apr-2011
UC Irvine doctors perform West Coast's first robotic surgery on spine
HealthCanal.com
“UC Irvine is a pioneer in robotic surgery, and the addition of SpineAssist will dramatically enhance our comprehensive robotic offerings,” said Dr. Ralph V. Clayman, professor of urology and dean of UCI's School of Medicine. “Robotic surgery offers ...

12-Apr-2011
OB/GYN Surgeon Performs First Single-Incision Hysterectomy in North Florida
Marketwire (press release)
Patients of Dr. Agrios undergo robotic surgery procedures in a state of the art hospital located roughly halfway between Ocala and Lake City. Patients can consult with Dr. Agrios by scheduling an appointment at either his Gainesville or Lake City ...

12-Apr-2011
UA Surgeon Performs Tucson's First Single-Incision Weight Loss Surgery
UA News (press release)
Galvani joined the UA department of surgery as director of Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery in 2009, with the goal of starting a bariatric program. Before joining the UA, he performed more than 90 single-incision bariatric surgeries and is one of ...

11-Apr-2011
Robotic surgeries increase in Memphis
NECN
Less than 10 years since robotic surgery came to Memphis, five robots are now performing about 1000 operations each year, according to The Commercial Appeal. Methodist University, Methodist North and Methodist Germantown each have one robot, ...

10-Apr-2011
Business news in brief
Huntington Herald Dispatch
HUNTINGTON — Cabell Huntington Hospital has two new daVinci Si Surgical Systems for minimally invasive robotic surgery services. The new systems offer enhancements from systems installed at the hospital in 2006. The new systems expand the surgical ...

9-Apr-2011
URMC Urology Team Introduced Breakthrough Surgery for Kidney Cancer
Campus Times
He worked with experts at Intuitive Surgical, which manufacturers the da Vinci Robotic Surgery System, to adapt the da Vinci system for use in special renal cancer cases as well as other genitourinary malignancies. Golijanin's study found the novel ...

9-Apr-2011
Cabell Huntington Hospital installs two new daVinciR SiT Surgical Systems
HNN Huntingtonnews.net
HUNTINGTON, WV - With recent upgrades, Cabell Huntington Hospital hasbecome the Tri-State's first and only facility to install and use two new daVinci(r) Si(tm) Surgical Systems for minimally invasive robotic surgery services. ...

9-Apr-2011
Bored Surgeons Play Game Of Operation With $1 Mil+ Surgical Robot
The Business Insider
Developed by robotic surgery corporation Intuitive Surgical in 1999, the system was coined the "da Vinci" because "Leonardo da Vinci invented the first robot", and used great anatomical accuracy and three-dimensional details to inject life into his ...

7-Apr-2011
Robotic Surgery Put To The Test For Bowel Cancer
Medical News Today (press release)
David Jayne, Senior Lecturer in Surgery at the University of Leeds and Chief Investigator for the ROLARR (Robotic versus Laparoscopic Surgery) trial, said: "It has been very exciting to see the emergence of robotic surgery and I am hopeful that such ...

7-Apr-2011
Robotic surgical systems now available in smaller hospitals
Shift Work Disorder News
Robotic surgery used to be confined to big hospitals. Well, not anymore. Now, even smaller treatment centers are being retrofitted with robotic surgical equipment in order to help treat patients who are suffering from disorders such as apnea. ...

7-Apr-2011
Amadeus could change the tune in medical robotics
Hamilton Spectator
Hopes are high that the research going on in an Ancaster industrial park will help push robotic surgery into the medical mainstream. Titan Medical Inc. is working on an enhanced system for robotic surgery, a four-armed surgical platform that will allow ...

7-Apr-2011
Research and Markets: Global Market for Robotics in Healthcare 2010-2014 ...
Business Wire (press release)
The report, which focuses on America, EMEA and APAC indicates, that the market is currently driven by the surge in robotic surgery centers in emerging nations. Robotics vendors have been targeting countries such as Japan and India. ...

7-Apr-2011
Da Vinci robot perfects Operation board game on video
Tecca
by Mike Wehner on April 6, 2011 We've seen the dexterous Da Vinci robotic surgery system put to work folding minute paper airplanes, and now it tries it claws on an operation. Well, not a real operation, but Operation the board game. ...

7-Apr-2011
International Gynecology Congress kicks off in Istanbul
Hurriyet Daily News
The use of sound waves and robotic surgery in medical operations will be introduced in Istanbul for the first time at an international congress attended by hundreds of surgeons from different parts of the world. “Open surgeries will become obsolete in ...

6-Apr-2011
Operate the daVinci Robot at Darien Library
Connectcut Plus
According to Jonathan E. Bernie, MD, Chief of Robotic Surgery at Norwalk Hospital, "The daVinci Surgical System is a great benefit to our patients because it provides 3D visualization and greater precision enabling the surgeon to perform complex ...

6-Apr-2011
First Robotic Weight Loss Surgery Performed In Oklahoma
WebWire (press release)
“I feel that the utilization of robotic surgery will make higher-risk procedures safer and will result in fewer complications and less postoperative discomfort for the patient,” says Gornichec of the new technology. Oklahomans now have yet another ...

6-Apr-2011
Henry Ford Pioneers Robotically Controlled Ultrasound Probe
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Evan Theoharis, MD, assistant director, Minimally Invasive Gynecology & Robotic Surgery Fellowship, Women's Health Services, has used the probe at Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital for robotic myomectomy cases, the first time the ultrasound probe has ...

5-Apr-2011
Women's health, robotic surgery will be discussed at free event
Norwich Bulletin
By Anonymous The William W.Backus Hospital and United Community & Family Services will host a women's health and robotic surgery event April 27. The free event will be from 6:30 pm to 8 pm in the hospital's main lobby conference rooms. ...

5-Apr-2011
Robot surgery offers hope for women with fertility problems
BioNews
In an attempt to restore her fertility, Emma Leach, from London, underwent robotic surgery in the USA using tiny pieces of her ovaries that had been frozen five years previously, prior to receiving chemotherapy which rendered her infertile. ...

5-Apr-2011
Robots do save lives... and I'm still here to prove it
Yorkshire Post
Nearly three years on, he is free of the disease but also playing an important part in a ground-breaking international trial led by researchers in Yorkshire to evaluate the effectiveness of robotic surgery in treating rectal cancer. ...

5-Apr-2011
Top 3 Analyst Stock Picks: FDA Predictions, New Markets and More
Sumfolio.com
Interestingly, the advanced robotic surgery device maker now generates about half of its revenues from recurring sources, which includes the sale of parts and attachments used in surgeries. As the firm continues to rapidly expand its installed user ...

3-Apr-2011
Robotic surgery spreads to smaller TN hospitals
The Tennessean
Last year, about 22 percent of hysterectomies were performed by robotic surgery, compared with 1 percent in 2005, the year the US Food and Drug Administration approved its use for that surgery, Huggins said. Three da Vinci surgeries have been performed ...

3-Apr-2011
Surgeon Uses Robotics to Make Tiny Paper Airplane
Hard OCP
What better use of a multi-million dollar robotic surgery tool other than to make paper airplanes? This is not done for fun (I secretly believe it was) but rather to graphically illustrate the dexterity of the robotic hands. The video is impressive in ...

31-Mar-2011
patient, 65, first to receive robotic treatment
GulfNews
By Dina El Shammaa, Abu Dhabi Deputy Editor Abu Dhabi: A robotic surgery, that helps trained physicians place specialised needles deep in the body with pinpoint accuracy, was performed for the first time in the UAE on a 65-year-old patient suffering ...

30-Mar-2011
Robotic Surgical System Has Changed The Face Of Prostate Cancer Treatment
Kinetic News (press release)
NEW YORK, NY – Since its approval by the FDA in 2000, the da Vinci Surgical System has changed the face of prostate cancer treatment by incorporating cutting edge robotic surgery technology. By many experts' accounts, robotic assisted prostatectomy is ...

30-Mar-2011
Archbold unveils robotic surgery program
WALB-TV
By Stephen Abel - bio | email THOMASVILLE, GA (WALB) - This is the new DaVinci system at Archbold Memorial Hospital. DaVinci uses advanced robotic technology allowing surgeons to operate through small, dime size incisions. Operators of the machine say ...

30-Mar-2011
UT Health Science Center at Houston Physician Elected President of Robotic ...
Newswise (press release)
Newswise — Erik Wilson, MD, associate professor and director of the Division of Elective General Surgery at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), has been elected president of the Clinical Robotic Surgery Association ...

30-Mar-2011
Major Scientific and Clinical Conference to Take Place August 2011
MedIndia (press release)
Friday afternoon tours of the UIC Robotic Surgery Laboratory and the St. James Center for Comprehensive Wound and Disease Management are also part of the agenda. The ACWHTR invites online registration for the conference at: http://acwhtr.org where the ...

30-Mar-2011
Thoracic surgeon gets 3BD condo in Fort Lauderdale
Blockshopper
He specializes in minimally invasive cardiac surgery, thoracic surgery and robotic surgery and vein disorders. He is one of the first surgeons to perform beating heart robotic coronary artery bypass surgery and robotically assisted thoracic surgery in ...

29-Mar-2011
Prostate Cancer Survivor's Story of a Robotic Prostatectomy Redo Performed by ...
Marketwire (press release)
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - March 28, 2011) - Since its approval by the FDA in 2000, the da Vinci Surgical System has changed the face of prostate cancer treatment by incorporating cutting edge robotic surgery technology. By many experts' accounts, ...

29-Mar-2011
BK Medical Launches Advanced Robotic Ultrasound Technology
TMC Net
This technology is used exclusively for robotic surgery. According to a press release, this revolutionary technology includes the Flex Focus 700 Ultrasound System, specialized transducers, and tools designed specifically for robotic-assisted surgery, ...

28-Mar-2011
Robotic Technology Benefits Patients and Surgeons
MD News (press release)
There are several differences between laparoscopic and robotic surgery. The first difference occurs when the system is “docked.” Docking is the process of attaching the robotic camera and arms to the previously placed trocar sites. ...

26-Mar-2011
Robotic Spine Surgery at the University of California, Irvine, Orthopedic ...
PR.com (press release)
"UC Irvine has a long history of pioneering robotic surgery including the DaVinci robot system. The addition of the Mazor SpineAssist surgical robot further enhances UC Irvine's leadership in this field," said Dr. Bederman. Dr. Bhatia has been featured ...

25-Mar-2011
St. David's to open robotic surgery institute at North Austin facility
Community Impact Newspaper
By Amy Deis Thursday, 24 March 2011 NORTHWEST AUSTIN — In response to an increasing interest in robotic surgery, St. David's HealthCare is establishing the Texas Institute for Robotic Surgery this summer at its North Austin facility. ...

25-Mar-2011
Sparrow hosting medical residents to spotlight robotic surgery system
Lansing State Journal
DETROIT — General Motors Co. will sell all of its series A preferred shares in Ally Financial Inc.- 12:16 am Delicate maneuver: The arms of the da Vinci robotic-assisted surgery system are put to the test Wednesday by placing small bands around ...

25-Mar-2011
St. David's launches robotic surgery institute
Austin Business Journal
St. David's HealthCare has launched the Texas Institute for Robotic Surgery at St. David's North Austin Medical Center. The institute will provide training, treatment and research in robotic surgery, said Dr. Randy Fagin, who will lead the institute. ...

25-Mar-2011
BK Medical Introduces Revolutionary Advanced Robotic Ultrasound Technology ...
GlobeNewsWire (press release)
... introduced Advanced Robotic Ultrasound Technology™ (ART™), the industry's first complete ultrasound imaging solution for robotic surgery. This revolutionary technology, which includes the Flex Focus™ 700 Ultrasound System, specialized ...

25-Mar-2011
Robotic arm guides knee procedure
Tampabay.com
On March 7, his son performed the same surgery at Florida Hospital Zephyrhills using the same system, putting the hospital in line with the rising use of robotic surgery to reduce pain, blood loss and recovery time. Called MAKOplasty, it allows ...

25-Mar-2011
St. David's North Austin Medical Center Announces to Launch a Robotics Institute
TopNews New Zealand
Robotic surgery is more efficient and efficient because it reduces the time of surgery and also the cost of treatment including the blood transfusions, medications and nursing time. Patients who undergo robotic surgery experience less bleeding and ...

24-Mar-2011
St. David's creating robotic surgery institute
Austin American-Statesman
Dr. Randy Fagin, an Austin urologist, will lead the Texas Institute for Robotic Surgery at St. David's North Austin Medical Center. By Mary Ann Roser St. David's North Austin Medical Center today is announcing the launch of a robotics institute that it ...

24-Mar-2011
Software designer becomes one of six to undergo robotic surgery
Shift Work Disorder News
So severe in fact that Thaler has recommended robotic surgery. Sheiner wakes up almost 112 times each hour, translating to almost ten seconds of losing breath for each minute of sleep. Surgical robots will be removing cancerous tumors at the rear of ...

24-Mar-2011
Summa Health System training residents on robot
WKYC-TV
AKRON -- Summa Akron City hospital is attracting surgical residents with hands on training in robotic surgery. Doctors who are still learning their skills can practice actual surgery with a robot while under the watchful eye of a staff physician. ...

24-Mar-2011
Expanding Horizons in Otolaryngology
MD News (press release)
“We are very excited about the possibilities that robotic surgery has brought to otolaryngology, particularly in tongue, throat and mouth cancers,” says Dr. Harris. “The da Vinci Surgical System now allows us to remove the cancer from patients' throats ...

24-Mar-2011
Long-term study: Robot-assisted prostate surgery is safe
EurekAlert (press release)
"We have always felt that robotic surgery for prostate cancer was safe, but there have been no studies that have looked at long-term safety. This is why the Henry Ford study is so important," says Mani Menon, MD, director of Henry Ford's Vattikuti ...

23-Mar-2011
VETERAN DOES PUSH-UPS JUST TWO DAYS AFTER ROBOTIC LUNG SURGERY
The Cypress Times
The MEDVAMC already uses innovative, robotic surgery to treat such medical conditions as spinal fractures due to osteoporosis, prostate cancer, and gynecological issues. Surgeons plan to expand into thymus and mediastinal tumor removal and for ablation ...

16-Mar-2011
HealthWatch: Robotic Surgery
WRBL
For pain she did not need narcotics which is typical for patients of robotic surgery says Dr. Marino. “Most of our patients typically use Motrin with Ibuprofin post op and that's it, which is drastically different from an open surgery and drastically ...

15-Mar-2011
Advanced Urology Techniques in Minimally Invasive Surgery
MD News (press release)
Robotic Surgery: It has been almost a decade since robotic surgery was introduced to Urology. Since then, the technology has widely diffused and spread across the nation. For example, robotic radical prostatectomy has become the most common procedure ...

15-Mar-2011
How To Beat Sleep Apnea? Cut It Out (Surgically)
NPR
Doctors are treating sleep apnea with a type of robotic surgery typically used to remove cancerous tumors at the back of the throat. Doctors are treating sleep apnea with a type of robotic surgery typically used to remove cancerous tumors at the back ...

15-Mar-2011
Motion compensation technology could enable surgery on moving organs
The Engineer
Here in the UK, at Imperial College London, former health minister and robotic surgery pioneer Lord Ara Darzi has been working with his colleague Prof Guang-Zhong Yang on software that makes a beating heart appear still to a surgeon. ...

15-Mar-2011
Innovative cancer surgery saving lives, faces
ABC7Chicago.com
(SOURCE: www.nlm.nih.gov) NEW, LESS INVASIVE TREATMENT: FDA approved transoral robotic surgery (TORS ) can treat malignant and benign tumors of the mouth, voice box, tonsil, tongue and other parts of the throat in a less invasive manner. ...

12-Mar-2011
Surgical robot acquisition increases rate of surgery to treat prostate cancer
News-Medical.net
By 2009, over 85% of men undergoing prostatectomy had robotic surgery. This retrospective cohort study surveyed the regional and hospital rates of radical prostatectomy surgeries between 2001 and 2005 and looked at whether they were affected by the ...

12-Mar-2011
Rush Acquires Latest Da Vinci Technology
WTOK
Rush Hospital is upgrading its Da Vinci robotic surgery with two of the newest models. The equipment arrived Friday and officials say it will allow Rush to expand the services offered. The Da Vinci Surgical System allows doctors to control tiny ...

12-Mar-2011
TECAB Found to Increase Morbidity in Multivessel Disease
Internal Medicine News Digital Network
"The future of robotic surgery remains controversial," Dr. Richa Dhawan said at the annual meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons. "Previous studies have shown that this technique is reasonable for healthy patients undergoing single-vessel ...

12-Mar-2011
Best Hospital
Easy Reader
They provide advanced robotic surgery with the state-of-the-art “da Vinci” platform for gynecologic, urologic and cardiac procedures, and more. A full range of classes are presented at the hospital's Women's and Children's Health Center, and an onsite ...

12-Mar-2011
Well: Hospitals With Robots Do More Prostate Cancer Surgery
New York Times (blog)
But the data also suggest that once a hospital obtains a robot, patients who might be candidates for nonsurgical options are more likely to be steered toward robotic surgery instead. “This may be the medical embodiment of the phrase, ...

10-Mar-2011
Viking's 3DHD System to be a Key Component of Alternative Surgical Robotic ...
GlobeNewsWire (press release)
This combination of three independent systems provides the surgeon with three of the primary advantages of current robotic surgery. These advantages are: (1) a three dimensional view of the laparoscopic surgical field, (2) the precision and dexterity ...

9-Mar-2011
Mazor Robotics' SpineAssist® Purchased by University of California, Irvine ...
Business Wire (press release)
“UC Irvine is a leader in robotic surgery, and the addition of SpineAssist will dramatically enhance our comprehensive robotic offering by adding spinal procedures to our specialties,” said Ralph V. Clayman, MD, dean, UC Irvine School of Medicine. ...

8-Mar-2011
World's first ROBOTIC assisted DOUBLE VALVE replacement HEART SURGERY ...
India PRwire (press release)
Robotic surgery was a novel change in medical therapy that was soon recognized all over the world for its accuracy. The First Mitral Valve was repaired by Dr.Chitwood in the USA. Over the decade, many attempts & advances have been made in robotic ...

5-Mar-2011
Rare robotic surgery done in city hospital
Times of India
Dr R Ravi Kumar, director of the institute of cardiovascular disease, robotic surgery centre at the Chettinad Health City who controlled the surgery, said on Friday that the robotically-assisted procedure involves replacing both the mitral and the ...

2-Mar-2011
New 'frozen smoke' may improve robotic surgery, energy storage
EurekAlert (press release)
... Zhai and postdoctoral associate Jianhua Zou have engineered the world's lightest carbon material in such a way that it could be used to detect pollutants and toxic substances, improve robotic surgery techniques and store energy more efficiently. ...

2-Mar-2011
Henry Ford Hospital sees improved results for more kidney patients through ...
EurekAlert (press release)
Robotic surgery offers the same or better results than minimally invasive laparoscopic procedures for treating kidney disease, and can potentially help more patients because it is not as difficult for surgeons to learn, according to a new study led by ...

2-Mar-2011
Conference boosts hospital's robotic surgery reputation
Galway News
By Denise McNamara, Connacht Sentinel An international conference for the treatment of prostate cancer by robotic surgery will be held in the Galway Clinic this month with the world's leading experts in the ground-breaking field set to attend. ...

1-Mar-2011
Robotic surgery the way of the future…
The Spokesman Review (blog)
As many of you know, my wife Suzanne recently was diagnosed as having uterine cancer, which suddenly drove the fear of God into both of us. Fortunately, thanks to Sacred Hearth and Cancer Care Northwest, we had caught the cancer in its earliest stages, ...

28-Feb-2011
Robotic surgeries in Tulsa gaining momentum
NewsOK.com
His doctor immediately suggested robotic surgery to remove his prostate and some lymph nodes. “It was a very good idea to me,” Taber said as he recovered from his surgery. “I immediately was comfortable with Dr. (Cole) Davis and the way he explained ...

28-Feb-2011
Unhealthy costs: Breakthroughs helpful, but at high price
In-Forum
After getting a second opinion from a cancer specialist, Solberg opted for robotic surgery. His surgeon would have four hands. In a matter of weeks, Solberg found himself lying on a gurney in the operating room. His anesthesiologist said he was giving ...

28-Feb-2011
ABC's 'Private Practice' features Sunnyvale company's da Vinci surgical robot
Peninsula Press
Usually “Private Practice” writers come up with a procedure—say robotic surgery. It is then up to the show's technical adviser, Susie Schelling, to make sure the right equipment and right people are used in medical scenes. ...

27-Feb-2011
Sometimes 'old-fashioned' surgeries are best option
Press & Sun-Bulletin
My own tragic experience with amazing technology was coincident with TIME magazine's advisory report: "Robotic Surgery" and what Dr. Oz called "Surgery Lite." My appendectomy, like many now, was performed with laparoscopy, removed through one virtually ...

26-Feb-2011