In a medical first, surgeons have used a robot to operate inside the human eye , greatly improving the accuracy of a delicate surgery to remove fine membrane growth on the retina . Such growth ...

PRECISE, AND THEY INVITED US TO SEE HOW IT WORKS. WHAT HAPPENS HERE? MARK: SO IT IS SIMULATING WHAT A HEART WOULD LOOK LIKE. EMILY: NOT JUST THE HEART. ALSO TINY ARTERIES, JUST 2 TO MILLIMETERS WIDE.

When Dr. Mark Terry considered a cutting-edge eye surgery for 8-year-old Hannah Terrell, he wondered whether anyone else had performed that operation on a child. Terry found just one scientific study ...

Lasers have been used in surgery for decades but they're often too cumbersome for delicate procedures in the brain. A new device that's as small and light as a pen is helping doctors maneuver around ...

Robotic surgery has become a familiar part of modern healthcare, but the machines used in operating theatres are usually ...