General surgery: from the daily briefing

Every daily briefing item tagged general surgery, newest first. The weekly roundup is on the general surgery page.

• Oct 28, 2026Children's Oncology Group analysis examines margin width and local recurrence in nonrhabdomyosarcoma soft tissue sarcomaEvidence
• Oct 28, 2026UK review of 116 resuscitative thoracotomies finds 6.9% survived to discharge, best with cardiac tamponadeEvidence
• Oct 27, 2026Laparoscopic and open resection of colorectal liver metastases compared in individual participant data meta-analysisEvidence
• Oct 24, 2026Beth Israel Lahey Health opens a center to test clinical AI from the clinic to the operating room, led by a hospitalist and a trauma surgeonShareEvidence
• Oct 22, 2026Solstice recalls Xact mammography mole marker because radiopaque material may detachIncident
• Oct 21, 2026Intuitive says da Vinci procedures grew about 14% in the third quarter and places 546 more systemsShareMoney
• Oct 20, 2026XRlabs raises $8.4 million for operating-room software that merges live surgical video, navigation and imaging; it has no FDA clearanceShareMoney
• Oct 13, 2026Stryker invests about $400 million in CMR Surgical and becomes exclusive U.S. seller of its Versius soft-tissue robot, with an option to buyShareMoney
• Oct 11, 2026MMI raises $125 million to expand its Symani robotic microsurgery system, used in about 3,500 procedures on some 50 installed unitsShareMoney
• Oct 10, 2026Houston Methodist links operating-room camera AI to 7% more cardiothoracic cases a month; the hospital holds equity in the vendorShareDeployment
• Oct 10, 2026Robotic console data separate attending surgeons from trainees in inguinal hernia repair with an outside-cohort AUC of 0.84ShareEvidence