Robotic surgery, telerobotic surgery, telepresence, and telementoring: Review of early clinical results

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1389-1402

  Ballantyne, G H ^a  

^a HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

AESOP; Da Vinci; Laparoscopic surgery; Laparoscopy; Robotic surgery; Robots; Telemedicine; Telementoring; Telepresence; Telerobotic surgery; Telesurgery; Zeus

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; CAMERA; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; HAND MOVEMENT; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SIMULATION; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TECHNOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

ABDOMEN; ANIMALS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; HUMANS; ROBOTICS; SURGERY; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0036790970     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-001-8283-7     Document Type: Review

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