If successful in human trials, this new gastric balloon could offer a solution for those unsuitable for surgery or those who ...

Gastric balloons—silicone balloons filled with air or saline and placed in the stomach—can help people lose weight by making ...

The Carevix, used for IUD insertions, results in less pain and bleeding in studies. But there's still work to be done when it ...

Researchers have developed and are testing a small, implanted gastric balloon that people can inflate or deflate to feel full ...

Hydrocele and varicocele both affect the testicles and scrotum. One involves an enlarged vein and the other involves an ...

A closer look at robotic bariatric surgery after a woman lost 10 kg following AIIMS Rishikesh's first such successful ...

Medically reviewed by Qin Rao, MD Gallstones are hard, solid deposits that form in the gallbladder, a pear-shaped organ in ...

Miniaturizing surgical robotics instruments has implications for force transmission, cable tension, friction — and dexterity ...

Within days of his diagnosis, Burt was setting up his treatment plan: first chemotherapy and then a surgery to remove his ...

Robotic surgeries offer benefits for patients, said Dr. Pablo Giuseppucci of Insight Hospital and Medical Center Trumbull.

Patients attending first referral hospitals in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) receive surgical care that is just as ...