Surgical Innovations Clinches Key UK Contracts
Surgical Innovations Group Plc (GB:SUN) has released an update. Surgical Innovations Group plc, a leader in minimally invasive surgery technology, ...#sun (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Can Minimally Invasive Surgery Match Open in Ovarian Cancer? Can Minimally Invasive Surgery Match Open in Ovarian Cancer?
Minimally invasive surgery for ovarian cancer does not appear to affect survival compared with open surgery when tumors are completely removed.MDedge News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - March 28, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology Source Type: news

Laparoscopy Quickly Abandoned in Early Cervical Cancer After LACC Results
(MedPage Today) -- SAN DIEGO -- Oncologic surgeons rapidly abandoned minimally invasive surgery (MIS) for early-stage cervical cancer in the wake of a startling 2018 study that warned of the dangers of the approach for this patient population... (Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology)
Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology - March 18, 2024 Category: Hematology Source Type: news

Upstate ’s robotic lung cancer surgery success rate hits new milestone
All lobectomies for stage one lung cancer are being performed with minimally invasive surgery. (Source: SUNY Upstate Medical)
Source: SUNY Upstate Medical - March 1, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: News Source Type: news

New Robotic-Assisted Surgery Offers Inspiring Hope for Rwanda
An artist’s impression of the completed Centre of Excellence in Kigali. The center supported by IRCAD is expected to assist with the training of surgeons throughout the continent with minimally invasive surgery training. Credit: SuppliedBy Aimable TwahirwaKIGALI, Nov 13 2023 (IPS) In a newly established Centre of Excellence located in Masaka, a suburb of the Rwandan capital city, Kigali, an expanded lab, complete with innovative facilities and specialized instruments, is now giving surgeons a conducive environment to simulate how to perform minimally invasive surgeries. French-based Institute for Research into Cancer ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 13, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Aimable Twahirwa Tags: Africa Featured Health Innovation TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Rwanda Source Type: news

Intech and Lenkbar Join Forces to Deliver Cutting-Edge Solutions Worldwide
A merger poised to advance minimally invasive surgery, cutting tools, and sports medicine. MEMPHIS, Tenn., Sept. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- In a landmark move set to transform the orthopedic industry, Intech, a global leader in Medical Device manufacturing, is thrilled to announce... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - September 26, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: TNM Source Type: news

Stroke Doesn't Have to Lead to Death or Disability
(MedPage Today) -- Imagine having a severe, life-threatening stroke at 5 p.m., being rushed by ambulance to undergo minimally invasive surgery to remove the blood clot from your brain, then walking out of the hospital, symptom-free, the very next... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - September 15, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Levita(R) Magnetics Wins FDA Clearance for Pioneering MARS(TM) System
First-of-its-kind minimally invasive surgery platform that combines magnets and machines Designed to bring benefits to patients, surgeons, and surgery centers MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Aug. 22, 2023 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- Levita M... Devices, Surgery, FDA Levita Magnetics, Magnetic Surgical System, MARS System (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - August 22, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Optilume BPH Catheter System Provides Sustained Benefits
FRIDAY, Aug. 18, 2023 -- For men aged 50 years or older with symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and a prostate size between 20 and 80 g, minimally invasive surgery with the Optilume BPH Catheter System provides sustained improvements in... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - August 18, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Staging pancreatic cancer early with minimally invasive surgery shows positive results in patient prognosis, Mayo Clinic study finds
ROCHESTER, Minn. — A study published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons reveals that performing a minor surgical procedure on patients newly diagnosed with pancreatic cancer helps to identify cancer spread early and determine the stage of cancer. The researchers add that the surgery ideally should be performed before the patient begins chemotherapy. "This is an important study because it supports that staging laparoscopy may help with determining a patient's prognosis and… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - June 29, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

Minimally Invasive Surgery May Be Good Option for People With Pancreatic Cancer
FRIDAY, May 26, 2023 -- Minimally invasive surgery works just as well as full-scale open surgery in removing early-stage pancreatic cancers, allowing patients a faster recovery with less infection risk, a new clinical trial has found. The ability to... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - May 26, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

World Laparoscopy Hospital sets world record in robotic surgery training
The hospital said that it is the first private institute in India to initiate the practice of robotic surgery. Robotic surgery, a branch of minimally invasive surgery, allows surgeons to perform complex surgical procedures with more precision, flexibility, and control than is possible with conventional techniques. (Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - May 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Innovative treatments for rectal cancer
Mayo Clinic has been taking care of patients with rectal cancer for more than 100 years, dating back to the Mayo brothers. Even at that time, doctors were innovative with their approach to the care of patients with rectal cancer. That continues today as Mayo Clinic offers the latest in minimally invasive surgery. Dr. Eric Dozois, a Mayo Clinic colon and rectal surgeon, explains some of the surgical treatment options being offered. Watch: Dr. Eric… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - March 23, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

AIIMS Delhi to set up robotic surgery training facility
It said that robotic-assisted surgery is one of the newest areas of innovation in minimally invasive surgery. AIIMS Delhi has been an early adopter of this innovation in medical technology and has a talent pool of faculty using robotic surgical systems for many years. (Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - March 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

A new, minimally invasive approach to life-threatening aneurysms
Yale is one of only a handful of U.S. centers to treat thoracoabdominal aneurysms — the most complex and deadliest type — with minimally invasive surgery. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - February 7, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news