Dear Dr. Douma: I recently had a laparoscopic cholecystectomy (gallbladder removal) and at my follow-up exam the surgeon told me the pathology report stated my gallbladder was gangrenous. What could ...

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, ...

ST. PAUL, Minn., July 9 (UPI) --Efforts to train robots to perform certain kinds of surgical procedures without human help have reached a "critical milestone" with successful gallbladder removal ...