Where are we going with computer-assisted or robotic cardiac surgery? A piece of the totally endoscopic coronary bypass puzzle

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1029-1030

  Wolf, Randall K ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS;

EID: 0036621182     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2002.124964     Document Type: Article

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