Analysis of the learning curve in telerobotic, beating heart coronary artery bypass grafting: A 90 patient experience

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 749-753

  Novick, Richard J ^a   Fox, Stephanie A ^b   Kiaii, Bob B ^b   Stitt, Larry W ^b   Rayman, Reiza ^b   Kodera, Kojiro ^b   Menkis, Alan H ^b   Boyd, W Douglas ^b  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRADYCARDIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; ROBOTICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STERNOTOMY; STROKE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROBOTICS;

EID: 0042232432     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)00680-5     Document Type: Article

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