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Surgical Robots Developed by Vanderbilt Researchers Could Make Radical Prostatectomy Safer and Less Invasive
February 11, 2021
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Feb. 11 (TNSJou) -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news:

Researchers at the Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering have developed a minuscule robot that could revolutionize surgical procedures for treating prostate cancer, which affects one in nine men in the United States. Using a lifelike model, the team demonstrated that the surgical robot could not only remove the prostate gland and tissues through the urethra, but also accomplish the . . .

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