A multicenter Japanese study of 135 patients shows robot-assisted pelvic exenteration for advanced rectal cancer achieved 98 percent complete resection with dramatically lower blood loss and no 30-day ...

Since the introduction of the Da Vinci ® robotic system, robot-assisted colon resection has gained popularity because of its the potential technical advantages. Recently, two new CE-marked platforms ...

Alessio Pigazzi, MD, PhD, FACS, FASCRS, discussed how robot-assisted surgery for colorectal cancers has evolved over the past 20 years. CancerNetwork ® spoke with Alessio Pigazzi, MD, PhD, FACS, ...

UPMC Trinity is celebrating a milestone in surgical innovation as Dr. Samuel Licata, a board-certified general surgeon and pioneer of robotic surgery at UPMC Trinity, recently completed his 1,500th ...

In a major breakthrough in advanced cancer care, Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital (IGMC) has claimed to have performed Himachal Pradesh's first robotic surgery for colon cancer successfully, ...

Patients who undergo robotic colon surgery fare about the same as those who have minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery--but their bills are much heftier, according to research from Johns Hopkins ...

Your surgeon says you’ll be “back on your feet in no time”. But what does that actually mean? Recovery timelines vary wildly ...