Izzy Benasso was playing a casual game of tennis with her father on a summer Saturday when she felt her knee pop. She had torn a meniscus, one of the friction-reducing pads in the knee, locking it in ...

When you go under the knife for a surgery, it's not just the surgeon who operates on your body. Surgical assistants provide critical help for complex procedures, from making minor incisions to ...

Moon Surgical's Maestro system provides surgeons with robotic "extra hands" during soft tissue procedures, aiming to enhance efficiency and autonomy while enabling surgical staff to focus on ...

The use of robotics in surgery began in the late 1980s, but as technology has progressed, robotic surgery has become the standard of care for minimally invasive surgeries. Anne Osdoit, CEO of ...

The present as well as the future holds exciting opportunities for advanced practice nurses (APNs), not the least of which is participation during surgery as a first assistant. In 1990, when the ...

General surgery and surgical subspecialties attract a significant number of new physician assistant graduates each year due to the flexibility, variety and dynamic setting the field offers. It is also ...

On January 21, 2025, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the United States District Court for the District of Colorado’s dismissal of the Association of Surgical Assistants’ (ASA) challenge to ...

UMass Memorial Medical Center has purchased a robotic surgical assistant that will help neurosurgeons with complex procedures. UMass Memorial purchased the robotized surgical assistant, as it is ...