The future of weight loss surgery could be as simple as a single incision. Dr. Carlos Galvani, the UA surgeon who conducted the first single-incision weight loss surgery in Tucson, said he is pleased ...

CLEVELAND -- Brad Kaster donated a kidney to his father this week, and he barely has a scar to show for it. The kidney was removed through a single incision in his bellybutton, a surgical procedure ...

Surgeons at UCSF have taken a major step down the path toward less invasive procedures, performing San Francisco’s first gallbladder removal using only a single, small incision hidden within the navel ...

NORTH HAVEN, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Covidien (NYSE: COV), a leading global provider of healthcare products, today announced interim results of its multicenter, international, prospective SILS™ Port ...

That's Dr. Inderbir Gill's prediction. He should know. Since November, the chairman of the urology department at the Clinic's Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute has performed the operation 11 ...

Jackie Columbo is back at work as a dental assistant today, just eight days after having a hysterectomy. And the only sign of her surgery? Just one tiny scar at her bellybutton. During a two-hour ...

Cadeddu undertaking the first single-incision, laparoscopic, robotic surgery in Texas (courtesy of: UTSW). Single-incision robotic surgery made its Texas debut at UT Southwestern Medical Center this ...

Patients at Memorial Hospital in York, Pa., are undergoing certain laparoscopic surgeries with a single-incision surgical device that leave only a hidden scar, according to a York Dispatch report.

The surgeon sits at a computer console that looks a little like Pixar’s WALL-E. After placing his thumbs and index fingers in grips, he makes small motions to cut or cauterize or stitch, while ...

Neoadjuvant ONO-4578, an EP4 antagonist, in combination with nivolumab after chemoradiation therapy in locally advanced resectable rectal cancer. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2025 ASCO ...