A maternal nag familiar to the ears of many young gamers usually follows the lines of “you’re wasting your life in front of a console.” Browbeaten controller wielders rejoice—a new study from the ...

Robot assistance in ocular microsurgery could improve precision, dexterity, save time or prevent complications by task automation, and provide access to ocular surgery in undeserved countries by ...

Johns Hopkins researchers are trying to change that by adding such sensations, known as haptic feedback, to medical robotic systems. "Haptic" refers to the sense of touch. "The surgeons have asked for ...

FALL RIVER — If robotic-assisted surgery makes you think of characters from 1960s TV cartoons or science fiction movies, think again. At Saint Anne’s Hospital, robotic-assisted technologies have been ...

Microincision cataract surgery (MICS) is an approach to cataract surgery through incision less than 1.8 mm with the purpose of reducing surgical invasiveness, improving at the same time surgical ...

Artificial intelligence (AI), defined as algorithms that enable machines to perform cognitive functions (such as problem solving and decision-making), has changed for some time now the face of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Lara Devgan, MD, MPH, FACS, discussed the issue of surgical instrument size for female surgeons. Most female ...

Most brain surgery requires doctors to remove part of the skull to access hard-to-reach areas or tumours. It’s invasive, risky, and it takes a long time for the patient to recover. We have developed ...

For nearly half a century, surgeons have relied on essentially the same tools to reconnect the digestive tract after major operations.  Staples replaced hand-sewn sutures. Techniques improved.