Health First surgeon Dr. Marshall Bovelsky believes informed patients make the best decisions, and that honest conversations ...

Advances in artificial intelligence are bringing the possibility of autonomous robotic surgery closer every day, according to a panel of Johns Hopkins University robotics experts. In a recent virtual ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. The field of surgical robotics is evolving at a rapid pace, revolutionizing the way ...

And, before that, Krieger's Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot, STAR, performed the first autonomous robot surgery on a live animal – a laparoscopic surgery on a pig – in 2022. But it was much more heavily ...

This week, a new robotic platform designed to increase surgical efficiency gained clearance from the FDA. The agency cleared Levita Magnetics’ platform, which combines the company’s proprietary ...

A robot trained on videos of surgeries performed a lengthy phase of a gallbladder removal without human help. The robot operated for the first time on a lifelike patient, and during the operation, ...

Robotic surgery for bladder cancer speeds recovery, reduces pain, and improves quality of life. It also significantly reduces risks such as blood clots and can preserve functions like sexual health.

Independent hospitals are increasingly rare in the United States amid rising costs and competition. But Jupiter Medical Center in Jupiter, Florida, has stood alone—comfortably—for 45 years. JMC faces ...