In early 2023, the University of Alabama at Birmingham crossed an impressive surgical threshold: UAB surgeons across 15 medical disciplines surpassed more than 20,000 robotic surgeries completed at UAB Hospital since UAB Medicine began performing robotic surgery in 2004.

Robotic surgery utilizes a machine called the da Vinci robot, which allows specialists to perform surgery with tiny incisions and minimal effect on surrounding healthy tissue. Think of the robot as a very high-tech instrument; the surgeon’s hands do the work using the robot as a tool that allows for precise movements, a 360-degree range […]