Surgeons from Keck Medicine of University of Southern California in Los Angeles removed a stage IV tumor thrombus by using a minimally invasive, robotic procedure — a world first. Stage IV tumor ...
Robotic and minimally invasive kidney cancer surgery may reduce pain, shorten recovery time and preserve kidney function, according to Dr. Armine Smith. Robotic and minimally invasive surgery for ...
The “a-ha” moment of robotic surgery lies in translating its benefits. For the surgeon, it’s a tool designed to support ...
A surgeon at Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town has performed a first in South Africa. Urologist Dr Danelo du Plessis successfully performed a donor nephrectomy — a surgical procedure to remove a kidney ...
Robot-assisted kidney transplantation in living donors is associated with low rates of intraoperative and high-grade postoperative complications and, after a median of about 2 years of follow-up, ...
Patients who undergo single-port robotic prostate or kidney surgery tend to have less blood loss and postoperative pain and shorter hospital stays compared with patients undergoing multi-port robotic ...