Last August, Gimlin was just the second person in the country to have a liver transplant performed completely robotically. It ...

Microrobots are miniature robots that are made using nanotechnology. They show promise in several medical applications, such as surgery, targeted drug delivery and biopsy. But because of safety and ...

Robotics has transformed minimally invasive surgery, providing greater precision, less pain, and faster recovery times for ...

For those with kidney failure, the wait for a new kidney can take years. There just are not enough organs from deceased ...

In a research article published in JAMA Surgery, Brian Fry, M.D., M.S., a general surgery resident at University of Michigan Health and colleagues compared hernia recurrence rates after undergoing ...

For an abdominal wall hernia repair, also known as a ventral hernia repair, the most common surgical approaches have been laparoscopic and open ...