Robotic Surgery

• Could your next surgery be done by a robot? Meet the patient who tried it

  Ferenc Jakab underwent groundbreaking robotic heart surgery, which offered a faster recovery and less trauma. But how often are these surgeries performed in Canada?

  Health

  Apr 12, 2025
  
• ‘Sciatica was gone’: hospital performs robot-assisted spinal surgery in Canadian first

  London Health Sciences Centre was home to the first ever robot-assisted direct lateral spinal surgery in Canada. Dave Meyn said when he woke up from surgery, the sciatic was gone.

  Health

  Apr 25, 2024
  
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• London teen ‘seizure-free’ after Ontario’s first robot-assisted paediatric SEEG neurosurgery

  Ethan has been seizure-free since October.

  Science

  Aug 1, 2019
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• Kingston Health Sciences Centre’s surgical robot cuts down on recovery time for cancer patients

  The "Da Vinci" robot has been a huge boon in cancer surgeries, said a local Kingston doctor.

  Tech

  Apr 9, 2019