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Henry Ford Health System is the First in Michigan to offer da Vinci Single Port Robotic Surgery System

Henry Ford Health System is the first in Michigan to offer the da Vinci SP® robotic surgery system, which requires only a single small incision for its surgical instruments and allows for greater control and access in narrow surgical spaces.

Expert Pitch

Gynecologic surgeon available to speak to media on precision robotic surgery

November 11, 2020 sarah Jonas Minimally Invasive Surgery, OBGYN, Robotic Surgery

Dr. Dwight Im is one of 18 physicians from around the world recognized in minimally invasive surgical techniques to perform livestream

Feature

Mission: Search and Destroy Prostate Cancer

September 21, 2020 sarah Jonas advanced imaging, Cancer, Minimally Invasive Surgery, prostate cancer, Radiology, Robotic Surgery, Surgery, Surgical Oncology, Urology

Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health is using advanced imaging, genomics, personalized medicine and new therapies to treat patients like Brian McCloskey, who has stage IV prostate cancer.

Research Results

New Surgical Tools with Smart Sensors Can Advance Cardiac Surgery and Therapy

September 7, 2020 sarah Jonas Arrhythmias, Biomedical Engineering, Cardiology, Electrodes, Electronics, Heart, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Surgery

Researchers developed a new class of medical instruments equipped with an advanced soft electronics system that could dramatically improve the diagnoses and treatments of a number of cardiac diseases and conditions.

Announcement

Mini wiper blade enables clear view through minimally invasive surgical scope

April 27, 2020 sarah Jonas Minimally Invasive Surgery, Small Business Innovation Research

A team at ClearCam, Inc., with funding from the NIBIB and ties to the University of Texas at Austin, designed a device for wiping a laparoscope lens clean, much the same way that a wiper blade clears a fogged up window.

Research Results

Program reduces narcotic prescriptions after surgery with over-the-counter pain medicine

January 22, 2020 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Minimally Invasive Surgery, Opioids, Reflux

Surgeons at Houston Methodist Hospital are stemming the tide of addiction to prescription opioids by managing patients’ pain after surgery. By using long-acting local anesthetics at the site of surgery and scheduled non-narcotic pain medicine, they decreased opioid prescriptions from 87% to 10% after surgery.