Medical errors can have devastating consequences for patients, and one of the most alarming errors is the retention of surgical items in a patient’s body after surgery. Retained surgical items (RSIs) ...

Shortly after TransEnterix changed its name to Asensus Surgical late last month—calling the rebranding a signal of its plans to bring artificial intelligence to the operating table—the company has ...

General surgery, as the name denotes, encompasses a broad spectrum of operative procedures with regard to the diagnosis and treatment of injuries and diseases in any region of the body. Its scope of ...

ORLocate™ Uses RFID Technology to Account for Items Used During Surgery to Reduce Incidence of Retained Surgical Items Left inside Patients MAUMELLE, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- A new technology that ...

When John Harrison checked into a Texas hospital in 2009 for rotator cuff surgery, he thought that after a six-week recovery period, he’d be as good as new. But two weeks after the operation, the 63 ...