"Keyhole" arthroscopic surgery should rarely be used to repair arthritic knee joints, a panel of international experts says in new clinical guidelines. Clinical trials have shown that keyhole surgery ...

The body's natural defenses work better after "keyhole" gut surgery than after open surgery, a new study shows. Thanks to new surgical tools, doctors now can perform many kinds of operations without ...

A start-up creating robots to assist surgeons in carrying out keyhole surgery has raised $20.3 million, backed by European automation giant ABB. Keyhole surgery is process in which a camera is ...

The use of keyhole surgery to repair ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm is both clinically and cost effective and should be adopted more widely, concludes a randomised trial published by The BMJ today ...

Keyhole surgery for oesophageal cancer is as good as more invasive surgery in terms of survival, according to unpublished clinical trial results. There may also be benefits in reducing complications ...

And I have felt better – stronger and, oddly, more capable – for it. But in the lead-up to my op, I relaxed my usual schedule ...

U.K. engineers have developed a miniature keyhole surgery robot arm, which is able to carry out a range of minimally invasive laparoscopic operations including hernia repairs, colorectal operations, ...

Keyhole surgery for heart valve repair may trump robotic surgery, because it is associated with lower rates of subsequent heart flutter and blood transfusions, and a shorter hospital stay, reveals ...