Dr. Thoralf Sundt answers the question: 'How Painful Is a Sternotomy Incision?' — -- Question: What is a sternotomy incision and how painful is it? Answer: A sternotomy incision is the usual ...

Real-world data comparing two negative-pressure wound therapy devices suggests lower pressure may drive better outcomes. Around seven million orthopedic surgeries take place in the U.S. every year1, ...

Also starring Shalim Ortiz and directed by Dale S. Lewis, Incision follows a medical resident (Evans) who decides to take it upon herself to bring down an organ harvesting ring–the same one that ...

Researchers have found in a new study that Perioperative dexamethasone injection delivers clinical results and inflammation ...

The FDA authorized the world’s first Miniaturized Robotic-Assisted Surgery system, called MIRA, which was developed by Nebraska-based Virtual Incision. The mini surgical robot is designed to save ...

A pilonidal cyst is a sac filled with hair and skin debris that forms at the bottom of your tailbone. The recovery time after surgery depends on the procedure type and if you need stitches. In some ...

Armed with a grant from NASA itself, robotic-assisted surgery will soon head for the final frontier. The U.S. space agency handed down the funding to send a miniaturized surgical robot to the ...

Surgical robotics specialist Virtual Incision reeled in $18 million in a series B round of funding the company said it will use toward its 510(k) premarket notification submission to the FDA for a ...