A robot designed by researchers at Johns Hopkins University has performed incredibly intricate surgery on a pig—without human assistance. And it may just be the future of laparoscopic surgery. The ...

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 ...

On March 20, Dr. Mitch Dizon, a subspecialist in Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery at Erlanger Women’s Health, performed the region’s first laparoscopic radiofrequency ablation surgery for ...

A private hospital successfully performed complex laparoscopic surgery on a Sikkim woman, previously facing unsuccessful surgeries. The patient had complications from a slipped gallbladder stone. PSRI ...

The Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons and the American College of Surgeons have issued a joint statement recommending all surgeons who perform laparoscopic surgery be ...

Zaverbai Shyamji Nagda, an 87-year-old resident of Diva, Thane district, has undergone laparoscopic excision for a congenital duodenal duplication cyst (DDC) — an extremely rare situation, according ...

Researchers at Johns Hopkins this week issued a report noting that their Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot (STAR) system has completed laparoscopic surgery on a pig tissue without human guidance. The ...

A robot has performed laparoscopic surgery on the soft tissue of a pig without the guiding hand of a human -- a significant step in robotics toward fully automated surgery on humans. A robot has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers at Johns Hopkins this week issued a report noting that their Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot (STAR) system has completed ...