The two robotic-assisted microsurgical procedures were performed at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center’s Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.

A women was a candidate for a free-flap reconstruction to save the arm after amputation after a motorcycle accident.

Italian robotic surgery company MMI announced the CE marking and launch of what it’s calling the “world’s smallest wristed surgical instruments.” MMI designed the Symani surgical system for open microsurgical procedures. The system combines the benefits of tremor reduction and motion scaling (7-20x) with the world’s smallest wristed instrumentation, offering seven degrees of freedom and dexterity…