Laparoscopic surgery is a type of “minimally invasive” surgery involving very small incisions (0.5-1cm) as opposed to traditional surgery which uses larger cuts. In a laparoscopic procedure, the ...

The number of laparoscopic bariatric procedures increased from 2003-2008, partly due to wider use of laparoscopic techniques and patients’ greater acceptance, according to a report in the Journal of ...

What if your next surgery was planned and performed by a robot? A team at Johns Hopkins University is working to turn this idea into reality. The concept of robot-assisted surgery is not new: several ...

The use of robotics in surgery began in the late 1980s, but as technology has progressed, robotic surgery has become the standard of care for minimally invasive surgeries. Anne Osdoit, CEO of ...

While robotic laparoscopic surgical systems do make certain procedures safer and less invasive, those systems are still operated by human surgeons. Now, however, a surgical robot has performed a ...