Robot-assisted endoscopic intrauterine myelomeningocele repair: A feasibility study

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 85-89

  Aaronson, Oran S ^a   Tulipan, Noel B ^a   Cywes, Robert ^a   Sundell, Håkan W ^a   Davis, Georges H ^a   Bruner, Joseph P ^a   Richards, William O ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Fetal diseases; Fetus; Meningomyelocele; Robotics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SHEEP; SKIN INCISION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LAPAROSCOPES; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PREGNANCY; ROBOTICS; SHEEP; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0036124924     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000048358     Document Type: Article

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