Robot improves suture proficiency more rapidly for surgeons inexperienced in laparoscopic techniques
Monday, April 20, 2009 - 12:56
in Health & Medicine
CHICAGO (April 20, 2009) - 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