Many traditional urologic surgical procedures require large incisions with lengthy hospitalization and recovery. Minimally invasive surgery, also often known as laparoscopic or keyhole surgery to ...

Results from the randomized LASRE trial support the use of laparoscopic-assisted surgery for patients with low rectal cancer. Laparoscopic-assisted surgery demonstrated noninferiority with respect to ...

In patients with colorectal cancer, a 'hand-in' approach to laparoscopic surgery—hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery (HALS)—may yield benefits beyond those of traditional laparoscopic ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Laparoscopy may have some advantages over laparotomy for ovarian cancer. Results of this review are limited and ...

A robot has performed laparoscopic surgery on the soft tissue of a pig without the guiding hand of a human -- a significant step in robotics toward fully automated surgery on humans. A robot has ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Nina Shapiro is a physician writer who dispels health myths. It’s not exactly R2-D2 performing your surgery. But robotic ...

A team of researchers from the Department of Medicine of the Universitat Jaume I and health professionals from the Multidisciplinary Unit of Abdominopelvic Oncological Surgery (MUAPOS) together with ...

A Chinese Medical Team (CMT) has successfully performed what it describes as Vanuatu’s first laparoscopic repair of a ...