Tag: surgical
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Intuitive Surgical second-quarter profit jumps past expectations
(Reuters) – Intuitive Surgical Inc on Tuesday reported much higher than expected second-quarter profit, driven by an increase in sales of its da Vinci surgical robots and in procedures using the pricey machines, and its shares rose more than 5 percent. The company during the quarter shipped 130 da Vinci systems, which sell for about…
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Researchers describe controversial study of surgeon training
Public concern surrounding residents’ work hours led the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) to impose restrictions in 2003 and again in 2011. As reported in JAMA Surgery, the new Flexibility in Duty Hour Requirements for Surgical Trainees (FIRST) Trial involved residents from 117 training programs. In all the participating programs, in accordance with…