With the steadiest of hands, David E. Altobelli delicately lifts the scalp tissue, revealing the surface of the skull. He exposes the forehead, the inner structure of the eyeballs, the bones. He ...

Computer-assisted oral surgery may not lessen postoperative pain, but it does shorten the duration of the procedure compared to the conventional freehand method. The clinical trial was published on ...

Maimonides Health surgeons performed the borough’s first shoulder replacement surgery using new technology that creates individualized, computer-generated prostheses, allowing doctors to map out a ...

Computer scientists are building mathematical models to represent the safest and most effective ways to perform surgery, including tasks such as suturing, dissecting and joining tissue. Borrowing ...

KALAMAZOO -- Stryker Corp. announced Thursday that it has launched a computer assisted surgery system, Stryker Adapt for the Gamma3 Locking Nail System. Gamma3 nails are used to treat hip fractures, ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. ­­­— Up to 5% of infants today are born with abnormally large heads, a condition known as macrocephaly. While it can be genetic, the condition is often caused by hydrocephalus, or an ...

The use of a dynamic computer navigation system to assist in single dental implant placement provided "satisfactory results" in a preclinical trial published on August 20 in the Journal of Dentistry.

Computer-assisted dental implant surgery represents a significant paradigm shift in implant dentistry, integrating advanced imaging modalities, computer-aided design and manufacturing, and real-time ...

A research team led by Kim Joong-il and Jung Ho-jung of orthopedics at Hallym University Gangnam Sacred Heart Hospital (Hospital Director Lee Dong-jin) won the Excellence Award at the Asia-Pacific ...