Robot lends a hand as surgeons tackle growing problem of 'ketamine bladder'

The class B drug has some very nasty effects on the body ...
Chicago Tribune

Northwest Health surgeons tout benefits of increase in robotic surgeries

With estimates that roughly 15% of all surgeries use robots, an open house Tuesday afternoon at Northwest Health Porter in Valparaiso was a timely opportunity for the public to try out the technology ...
UPI

Robotic surgery hits 'milestone' with autonomous gallbladder removal

ST. PAUL, Minn., July 9 (UPI) --Efforts to train robots to perform certain kinds of surgical procedures without human help have reached a "critical milestone" with successful gallbladder removal ...
MedPage Today

Lower Complication Rates Seen With Robot-Assisted Over Open Radical Cystectomy

—A retrospective real-world study of patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer showed that robot-assisted and laparoscopic radical cystectomy reduce post-surgical complication rates, compared to ...
Morningstar

Virtuoso Surgical Robotic System Receives FDA Breakthrough Device Designation

Virtuoso Surgical, Inc., a Nashville-based company developing a groundbreaking, entirely new class of robotic tools for endoscopic surgery, announced that the Virtuoso Surgical Robotic System has ...
Los Angeles Times

USC and UCLA Team Up for World’s First-in-Human Bladder Transplant

Historic surgery, the result of years of research at Keck Medicine of USC and UCLA Health, opens the door for improved treatment of non-functioning bladders “This surgery is a historic moment in ...