Izzy Benasso was playing a casual game of tennis with her father on a summer Saturday when she felt her knee pop. She had torn a meniscus, one of the friction-reducing pads in the knee, locking it in ...

When you go under the knife for a surgery, it's not just the surgeon who operates on your body. Surgical assistants provide critical help for complex procedures, from making minor incisions to ...

Moon Surgical recently raised $55.5 million for its robotic surgical assistant, which has earned regulatory clearance in the U.S. and European Union. The startup also appointed Fred Moll, founder of ...

Properly trained certified surgical first assistants can greatly improve operating room efficiency, physician satisfaction and, most importantly, patient outcome and care, according to Debra Woods, ...

The use of robotics in surgery began in the late 1980s, but as technology has progressed, robotic surgery has become the standard of care for minimally invasive surgeries. Anne Osdoit, CEO of ...

UMass Memorial Medical Center has purchased a robotic surgical assistant that will help neurosurgeons with complex procedures. UMass Memorial purchased the robotized surgical assistant, as it is ...

The present as well as the future holds exciting opportunities for advanced practice nurses (APNs), not the least of which is participation during surgery as a first assistant. In 1990, when the ...