Open Surgery

Video-based evaluation of robot-assisted partial nephrectomy may be an important step to assess surgical skill and improve patient care, according to recently published data.

Ganglion cysts are benign soft tissue masses that are known to occur about any joint in the human body, but most commonly appear at the wrist.

In the past decade, MIS foot and ankle procedures have undergone several advancements that make it an excellent option for various procedures.

Researchers at The Ohio State University have launched an international clinical trial that will compare minimally invasive robotic surgery with open surgery for women undergoing radical hysterectomy for cervical cancer.

Use of robot-assisted vs. open radical cystectomy led to a significantly increased number of days alive and out of the hospital among patients with nonmetastatic bladder cancer.

Researchers confirmed the long-term oncological safety of laparoscopic surgery was comparable to the long-term safety of open surgery in patients with rectal cancer, according to The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

Laparoscopic surgery appeared as effective as open surgery among patients with colorectal liver metastases, according to long-term results of the randomized, phase 3 OSLO-COMET trial.

In the UK TAVI randomized pragmatic trial of older real-world patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis, those who underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement had similar stroke, major bleeding and all-cause mortality at 1 year compared with patients who underwent surgical AVR.