Scientists at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have reported that minimally invasive robotic surgery for digestive track and upper airway malignant cancer is equally effective when compared to other less-invasive surgical methods based on patient survival and ability to function.
Bariatric surgeons, Robert (Les) Miles at Alabama Weight Loss Surgery and Lee Schmitt at St. Vincent’s East, have conducted two robotic gastric bypass procedures using the da Vinci Surgical System.
David C. Walters, a renowned physician at Heartland Women's Healthcare, has successfully conducted two robotic surgeries using the da Vinci system on 17 December 2010 at Good Samaritan Hospital located in Mt. Vernon, Illinois.
Dr. Sijo Parekattil, Director of Urology and Robotics at the Winter Haven Hospital is using the da Vinci surgical robot to perform prostatectomy, reverse vasectomies and other urology related procedures.
Accuray has declared that it has organized a Medical Affairs function to improve CyberKnife information collection, deployment, referral schemes and tactical guidance on clinical procedures, inventions and proposals.
Dr. Alok Shirivastava and his team at the Cleveland Clinic are performing robot-assisted procedures for prostate cancer treatment.
Accuray has declared that it has received the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) 510(k) approval for Lung Optimized Treatment, a new tool of the CyberKnife VSI System.
Morbidly obese patients have a new ray of hope when it comes to kidney surgeries. Surgeons at the University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago are the first to offer robotic kidney transplantation and have reported fewer complications among this high risk population.
A team of researchers including William A. Rutala, Maria F. Gergen, and David J. Weber at the University of North Carolina Health Care, have published outcomes of their investigation titled, ‘Room Decontamination with UV Radiation’, in the recent issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology magazine.
The robotics firm Cyberdyne has come up with a body suit to help the disabled to walk. An exoskeleton robot device called the Hybrid Assistive Limb), or HAL, a sci-fi related coincidence sharing its name with the computer in Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey".
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