Telemedicine in surgery

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 647-658

  Eadie, L H ^a   Seifalian, A M ^a   Davidson, B R ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVICE; GASTROPLASTY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNET; LAW; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MEDLINE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MONITORING; NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; PYELOPLASTY; RECTUM RESECTION; RESEARCH; REVIEW; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; TEACHING; TECHNOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEORECORDING; ECONOMICS; METHODOLOGY; ROBOTICS; STANDARD; SURGERY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; TELEMEDICINE;

HUMANS; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038576838     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.4168     Document Type: Review

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