Robotic-assisted surgery The cover story of this month’s edition of The Bulletin, the monthly member magazine of the American College of Surgeons, describes the cost of robotic surgery as a “complex equation.” The article poses this question: “While research and surgeon experiences paint a positive trendline for use and outcomes of robotic-assisted surgery,…
Is your facility curious about robotically assisted mitral valve repair? Cleveland Clinic, which has now performed more than 2,600 of these operations, has plenty to share with you about it. And it claims that its safety and efficacy are “comparable” to open repair. Cardiothoracic surgeon Per Wierup, MD, PhD, whom Cleveland…
Editor's Note A robotic microsurgery milestone was reported December 11 by Tampa General Hospital on the first fully robotic lymphovenous bypass (LVB) successfully completed from incision to closure within the US. The procedure involved robotic tissue dissection tools that allowed the surgeon to perform delicate tissue dissection and vessel preparation.…
Editor's Note Cataract surgery remains among the most frequent surgeries at a rate of 26 million procedures each year globally, and surgical robotics could soon be used to support these procedures. Recently a robotic surgical system for cataract surgeries developed by UCLA engineers and physicians was used to complete the…
