Rome, Ga.-based Floyd Medical Center could be getting a robotic surgical system as early as November, the hospital's director of surgical services told the Rome News-Tribune.
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Elon Musk debuted the Neuralink surgical robot during a presentation about the company with the same name, TechCrunch reports.
Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger Orthopaedic Institute has added Stryker's Mako robot and Smith+Nephew's Navio system to assist surgeons in hip and knee replacements, NBC affiliate WRCBTV reported Aug. 26.
MemorialCare Miller Children's & Women's Hospital Long Beach (Calif.) is reportedly the first pediatric hospital in the state to acquire the ExcelsiusGPS robotic system for spine surgery, Cerritos Community News reports.
Hospitals and surgery centers across the U.S. have been implementing robots that are designed to improve surgical precision and provide more reproducible spine surgeries.
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Edinburg, Texas-based Cornerstone Regional Hospital is reportedly one of the first hospitals in the U.S. to acquire the TSolution One Total Knee Application, according to an Aug. 25 news release.
Lima (Ohio) Memorial Health System has added two Medtronic robots for spine and brain surgeries, Hometown Stations reported Aug. 20.
Reno (Nev.) Orthopedic Clinic's ASC has a flourishing total joint program.
Bariatric and general surgeon Fernando Bayron, MD, recorded his 2,000th robotic surgery, according to South Florida Hospital News and Healthcare Report.
Michael Schulder, MD, vice chair of neurosurgery at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, N.Y., performed a novel robotic procedure Aug. 6 to remove a brain tumor from a 60-year-old patient, The Island Now reports.