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The robot assisted procedure used by US urological surgeons was a success. With the help of robots, there is less blood loss during the procedure and a chance of faster recovery afterwards. It lets more people benefit from a minimally invasive approach. The surgeons tested the procedure on seven patients, and recorded the largest known success in this procedure. For more, please visit the link […] Read More

A precise heart surgery has been performed in Melbourne, Australia, to remove a tumour from a delicate region of a 77 old woman’s heart. The robotic system called “da Vinci” which has been used by the hospital since 2004, has performed about 200 operations so far. The robot copies the movements of heart surgeons with much more presicion and reduces the hand tremors to zero. […] Read More

UT Health Science Center, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health Care have removed more kidney, bladder tumors with the technology than any academic center in Texas. SAN ANTONIO, Dipen Parekh, M.D., a urologic oncologist at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, deftly operates the handles and pedals of a console located 6 feet away from his patient’s operating table. The handles and pedals […] Read More