Robot improves suture proficiency more rapidly for surgeons inexperienced in laparoscopic techniques

Monday, April 20, 2009 - 13:07 in Health & Medicine

New research published in the April issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons suggests that, among surgeons inexperienced in laparoscopic techniques, closing incisions using robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery (RALS) requires less time to learn and results in improved outcomes compared with suturing done via traditional, "open" surgery or with freehand laparoscopy.

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