Medtronic announced today that a study of its Hugo surgical robot met primary safety and effectiveness endpoints.

A research team based in Japan examined whether the robotic-assisted versus a laparoscopic approach has advantages in the surgical management of gastric cancer. Here’s what they learned.

Patients undergoing robotic-assisted surgery appear to experience no clinical benefit compared with those having conventional laparoscopic procedures, despite a much higher cost, two studies suggest.

From a teaching and training perspective, I found it easier to teach surgeons robotic-assisted surgery than laparoscopy.

The rise of robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery is putting pressure on small hospitals to fall in line with the mounting trend to compete and retain surgical patients in an increasingly consumer ...

Two studies compare certain outcomes of robotic-assisted vs. laparoscopic surgery for kidney removal or rectal cancer.

July 24, 2012 — Robotic myomectomy procedures take longer than laparoscopic myomectomies, but both procedures have similar complication rates, according to results of a retrospective study ...

The optimal use of robotic-assisted versus laparoscopic approaches for emergency gallbladder surgery is not well-defined. Rates of bile duct injury were similar with both surgical approaches, a ...

Robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery (RALS) has been proven to be safe and effective for various urological procedures in children, including pyeloplasty, orchiopexy, nephrectomy, and bladder ...

Robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy is eclipsing open radical prostatectomy among men with clinically localized prostate cancer. The objective of this study was to compare the risks of ...

The ability to do laparoscopic or robotic surgery very much depends on a number of issues including the patient's history. For example, if they've had a number of prior surgeries they may not be a ...

March 16, 2009 -- Question: Are all urologists trained to perform laparoscopic or robot-assisted prostate cancer surgery? Answer: Urologists are specialists in the management of prostate cancer.