SIOUX CITY | Last August, Gary Wood was lying on an operating room table at UnityPoint Health-St. Luke's staring up at a network of robotic arms that reminded him of an octopus. Although the ...

Robotic-assisted surgery may sound like something from a sci-fi story. But it’s very much a reality now, and it’s transforming the health care industry. In 2021, more than 600,000 robotic-assisted ...

(HealthDay News) — Robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery for kidney cancer is associated with considerable benefits, which outweigh health care and surgical costs, according to a study published ...

The Grande Ronde Hospital Foundation is helping bring the future of health care to Northeast Oregon with robotic-assisted surgery.

Submission covers multiple indications including general, urological, colorectal, gynecological and cardiac surgeries --FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., ...

Robotic heart surgery is a minimally invasive approach to cardiac surgery that allows surgeons to perform complex procedures through small incisions, using a robotic system. This technology enhances ...

The term "robotic surgery" may evoke images of Star Wars' R2-D2 zipping around an operating table with a scalpel, but Dr. Michael Lasser is quick to explain that the reality is far less exotic and -- ...

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While robotic-assisted surgery has been around for decades and continues to evolve, robotic options have exploded over the past five to 10 years. During that time, there’s been a shift toward robotic ...

A pars fracture ­— also called spondylolysis — is a break in the pars interarticularis, a narrow area of bone connecting two vertebrae in the spine. It typically occurs in the lumbar spine (lower back ...

Community members came together Sunday afternoon at UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital to celebrate a major milestone: ...