Robotic docs can boost surgery time and cost

For kidney patients, surgical outcomes were similar whether a human or a machine wielded the scalpel

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HELPING HANDS  Use of surgical robots for laparoscopic kidney removal has been ramping up, but adding a robot to the mix doesn’t necessarily make surgery more efficient. 

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When it comes to some operations, surgical robots may not be worth the extra time or money.