Robotic Surgery Concerns

11/8/2013

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Wall Street Journal (Nov. 8) -- A robotic-surgery device called the da Vinci Surgical System is linked to "an overall increasing trend in the rate of injury and death reports" since 2004, according to a draft analysis of such events reported to the Food and Drug Administration. The draft analysis was developed by the chief of adult cardiac surgery at Rush University Medical Center and co-authors from the University of Illinois and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (subscription required to view entire article).


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This story was published November 8, 2013.