SHOULD YOU HAVE ROBOTIC SURGERY? PL– USES, MIN– USES
By LINDSEY TANNER In this March 22, 2013 photo, Dr. Pier Giulianotti, chief of minimally invasive and robotic surgery at the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System in…
Surgical technology
HEART REPAIR BREAKTHROUGHS REPLACE SURGEON’S KNIFE
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE In this Monday, March 11, 2013 photo, Atlanta cardiologist Dr. Spencer King holds a replacement heart valve during a demonstration at an American College of Cardiology conference…
OB/GYNS TOLD ROBOT HYSTERECTOMY NOT BEST OPTION
By LAURAN NEERGAARD FILE – This Friday, June 13, 2008 file photo shows the da Vinci Surgical Robot at a hospital in Pittsburgh. Pricey robotic surgery shouldn’t be the first…