Readmission rate of open liver surgery is 20-25% at most major cancer centers, yet the readmission rate for robotic hepatectomy was 1.6% in this retrospective analysis of data from six centers in two ...

FISHERS — Heather Boyle couldn’t contain her nerves. The same questions repeated in her head. ”How do you say this to somebody? What am I going to tell her?” Boyle thought as she drove down the I-90 ...

Patients can discuss minimally invasive robotic liver cancer surgery with their care teams. The process tends to be safe and effective, an expert said. With the advent of new technologies and improved ...

Combining surgery with chemotherapy significantly improves survival in GIST patients with liver metastases compared to chemotherapy alone. Median CSS and OS for combined treatment exceed 120 months, ...

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Unlike conventional procedures that require large incisions, minimally invasive surgeries are performed through tiny openings ...

A woman has told how her dream wedding was saved by surgeons who used a robot to remove a tumour. Beyza Ucar, 33, was devastated to discover she had a 12cm tumour growing on her liver, having ...

Just under a month old, Shaffette had a surgical procedure to connect her liver directly to her small intestine and drain the ...

A Florida surgeon’s license has been suspended after he dissected the wrong organ during what was supposed to be a splenectomy Aug. 21, resulting in the patient’s death, the Miami Herald reported Sept ...