Day: May 16, 2022

In robot-assisted surgery, surgeons guide minimally invasive instruments remotely. Photograph: agefotostock/Alamy In world-first trial, bladder cancer patients who had robotic surgery went home sooner and were less likely to be readmitted Patients having major abdominal operations should be offered the option of robotic surgery, doctors and scientists have said, after a world-first clinical trial found the procedures dramatically speed up recovery times, reduce complications and cut the risk of blood clots. In a first-of-its-kind three-year study, experts at University College London … Continue reading “ROBOT-ASSISTED SURGERY CAN CUT BLOOD CLOT RISK AND SPEED RECOVERY, STUDY FINDS”