Category: Robotic Surgery

  • Robotic surgery summary- July/August 2007

    For the summer months I had the pleasure of inviting my new associate, Dr. Brent Yanke, into our practice. We spent July together and he is now on his own performing most of his robotic surgery. He was well trained at Thomas Jefferson and had participated in over 100 robotic operations. In July and August…

  • Robotic surgery summary- May/June 2007

    I have been neglectful during the summer with keeping up on my blog. I will hope to catch up and keep my monthly postings of how things are going in my practice. In May and June I performed 32 dvPs, a nephrectomy, a simple prostatectomy, and a partial nephrectomy. The nephrectomy was the live telecast…

  • Robotic Whipple performed in the midwest

    UIC News Release A surgical team led by Dr. Pier Cristoforo Giulianotti, chief of the division of minimally invasive, general and robotic surgery at the University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago, has performed the first fully robotic Whipple procedure in the Midwest. The operation, also called a pancreaticoduodenectomy, is the most common surgical treatment…

  • Intuitive surgical purchases position tracking software

    Luna Innovations Signs Multi-Year Development and Supply Agreement with Intuitive Surgical: Financial News – Yahoo! Finance Luna Innovations Signs Multi-Year Development and Supply Agreement with Intuitive Surgical Thursday June 14, 9:21 am ET Luna’s Sensing Technology to be Integrated into Intuitive’s Surgical Products ROANOKE, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Luna Innovations Incorporated (NASDAQ:LUNA – News) announced today that it…

  • The state of telesurgery and technology in medicine

    Telemedicine: Proven results and promise for the future – With recent advances in telecommunications and surgical robotics, telemedicine is poised to increase the efficiency of urologic practices and bring access to specialists and surgeons to even the most rural communities. – Modern Medicine The future of telesurgery and telementoring. As telecommunications and robotic technology continue…

  • Robotic Future through the eyes of a pioneer

    The Surgical Revolution In Minimal Access Surgery- The Robotic Connection Dr. Satava, Professor of Surgery, University of Washington discussed that robots are 12-15 times faster and function with greater precision than humans. Robots can work around the clock without taking coffee breaks, he said. Information is a basis for surgery in the new age. “Holomer”…

  • Robotic Surgery Review in Contemporary Urology

    The robotic revolution: Advancing laparoscopy and urology further into the future – The introduction of robotic technology and its increasing acceptance in urology have helped surgeons overcome many technical barriers to complex laparoscopic procedures. While preliminary safety and efficacy results for a number of procedures are promising, long-term data are needed to establish its role…

  • The Canadians are leading the way in telerobotic surgery

    UroToday – Remote Telepresence Surgery: The Canadian Experience This important report from Canada presents 22 telerobotic general surgery laparoscopy cases performed by two surgeons over a distance of 400 kilometers; from a teaching hospital in Hamilton, Ontario to a community hospital in rural Northern Ontario.

  • Rhode Island joins robotic community

    Robotic surgery on prostate cancer arrives in R.I. | Rhode Island news | Rhode Island news | projo.com | The Providence Journal This is robot-assisted surgery — and some say it’s the future of surgery. Miriam Hospital is the first hospital in the state to acquire the robot, called the da Vinci Surgical System, which…