Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) announced today that it received FDA clearance for its Stealth AXiS robotic system for spine surgery.

Spine Guidance by Stryker is a robotic-assistance spine surgery method that's unique to Virtua Health in the South Jersey and Philadelphia region.

ST. TAMMANY PARISH, La. — The world of virtual reality is giving doctors a new pathway to cure patients. In the past, some of these patients had no hope for a safe treatment with traditional surgery.

Conventional wisdom holds that technology makes medical care less human, less personal. But watching patient Wanda Touard with virtual reality goggles on her head and controllers in her hands, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Richard Menger is a neurosurgeon and a political scientist. A post-operative x-ray showing a spinal deformity correction for ...

Innovations in spine surgery are opening up new opportunities for patient quality and reducing complications. Surgeons say minimally invasive approaches have reduced wound drainage, infections and ...

The world of virtual reality is giving doctors a new pathway to cure patients. In the past, some of these patients had no hope for a safe treatment with traditional surgery. Now, a Northshore deputy ...

A recent study published in PLOS One and conducted by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center researchers in Boston reveals virtual reality use during hand surgery led to significant reductions in ...