Robotic-assisted surgery 
Robotic platforms for surgery are major capital investments for any facility or health system. But once the hype and the initial excitement dies down and the robots are online, are you really getting optimum value out of the investment? We’ve heard anecdotally numerous times over the last few years how…
A new study published in the journal Nature examines the in vivo feasibility of humanoid robots in surgery. Noting “recent advances in actuation, control and learning” that have “rapidly pushed humanoid robots from a distant vision towards near-term real-world deployment,” the researchers from UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering…
CBS News Bay Area reports on an event held at Good Samaritan Hospital in San Jose, Calif., that found nearly 40 children from the Boys and Girls Clubs of Silicon Valley handling a surgical robotics system. “Many parents are fighting to get their kids off their phones and limit screen…
A new study from researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery’s Lerner Children’s Pavilion describes a mentorship model for robotic-assisted navigation in pediatric spinal fusion surgery. Noting that robotic-assisted navigation systems improve pedicle screw placement accuracy while acknowledging a significant learning curve, the team implemented a structured mentorship model that paired…
Researchers from University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) and UI Health are “challenging accepted beliefs about telesurgery” as a result of a $9 million project with the U.S. Office of Naval Research. According to UIC, “the researchers believe telesurgery — a surgeon operating on a patient in a different physical location…
PeritasAI, a developer of “intelligent robotic systems within hospital settings,” has announced a partnership with AdventHealth to “explore how advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and emerging humanoid robotics can strengthen surgical operations and improve the experience for patients and care teams.” The partnership’s primary focus will be on how “intelligent systems,”…
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…
