A robot trained on videos of surgeries performed a lengthy phase of a gallbladder removal without human help. The robot operated for the first time on a lifelike patient, and during the operation, ...

The Surgical Robot Transformer-Hierarchy performing a gallbladder surgery without the aid of a human (Juo-Tung Chen/Johns Hopkins University) (CN) — For the very first time, a robot has performed ...

Each year, approximately 2,000 people die annually of gallbladder cancer (GBC) in the U.S., with only one in five cases diagnosed at an early stage. With GBC rated as the first biliary tract cancer ...

The gallbladder removal procedure is complex, a minutes-long string of 17 tasks. The robot had to identify certain ducts and arteries and grab them precisely, strategically place clips, and sever ...