Hernias are a common medical condition, affecting over five million people in the United States, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. When someone has a hernia, it means an organ or ...

Johnson & Johnson MedTech announced today that it submitted its Ottava surgical robotic system to the FDA for de novo ...

Johnson & Johnson’s filing comes a month after Medtronic gained U.S. clearance for its Hugo system as competition in the soft ...

Robotic surgery is reshaping modern medicine. A combination of robotics and advanced imaging technologies allows surgeons to ...

A UPMC general surgeon marked a massive career milestone on Thursday after performing his 2000th robotic surgery. According ...

Hernias can develop in any part of the abdomen, but the groin, navel or the site of a previous surgery are the most frequent locations. Symptoms include a bulge, mild pain or pressure and numbness, ...

But there may be downsides to the technology that are going undiscussed. In a research article published in JAMA Surgery, ...

In gastrointestinal surgery, robotics has moved beyond being a technological advancement to becoming a preferred approach for ...

Cutting edge technology may come with downsides. For an abdominal wall hernia repair, also known as a ventral hernia repair, the most common surgical approaches have been laparoscopic and open ...

A painful hernia can occur when tissue pushes through an opening in the lower abdomen. Hernias can develop in any part of the abdomen, but the groin, navel or the site of a previous surgery are the ...

For an abdominal wall hernia repair, also known as a ventral hernia repair, the most common surgical approaches have been laparoscopic and open techniques. But a new approach for repairing hernias has ...