CLEVELAND — When one thinks of heart bypass surgery-- a long chest scar, months of recovery, pain and often fear come to mind. Since December, about 55 patients have received a new, robotic approach ...

Robotic surgery is revolutionizing cardiac care, offering patients faster recovery, smaller scars, and reduced pain. While not for everyone, this advanced technique, which assists surgeons with ...

Robotic surgery is reshaping modern medicine. A combination of robotics and advanced imaging technologies allows surgeons to ...

Shreveport, La.-based Christus Highland Medical Center completed the facility's first minimally invasive robotic-assisted heart surgery on Dec. 16. Timothy Danish, MD, cardiovascular and thoracic ...

SHREVEPORT, La. — Retired Webster Parish Sheriff Gary Sexton found that he was slowing down. Usually spry and full of energy, Sexton was told it was his heart. “I had just got to where I just didn't ...

Imagine you're on vacation in the Florida Keys, and days later, you're being rushed for emergency heart surgery in Miami. A woman thought she pulled a muscle, but what happened next, she's calling a ...

When it comes to surgical incisions, the smaller and less intrusive they are, the better off patients are likely to be. And surgeons are becoming more and more creative about getting to internal ...

Apr. 27—As a self-described "country kid" who grew up riding horses, wearing cut-off jean shorts and canning snap peas on her family farm, a career in the highly specialized field of robotic heart ...

Unlike conventional procedures that require large incisions, minimally invasive surgeries are performed through tiny openings ...

A 48-hour stay in the hospital seems like an unlikely recovery time for someone who just underwent a major heart surgery, but that may be all that's needed for one patient at PinnacleHealth. After ...