Health researchers are warning that enthusiasm for robotic surgery, shouldn't outstrip the evidence
Health researchers are warning that enthusiasm for robotic surgery, shouldn't outstrip the evidence
11 January 2020
The use of robotic surgery in US hospitals has shot up from just 2 percent of general procedures in 2012 to 15 percent in 2018.
University of Michigan researchers say it often replaces conventional keyhole surgery - which is already considered the standard of care - but it offers little extra benefit to the patient clinically.
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