Robotic totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass: Program development and learning curve issues

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 504-510

  Bonatti, Johannes ^a   Schachner, T ^a   Bernecker, O ^a   Chevtchik, O ^a   Bonaros, N ^a   Ott, H ^a   Friedrich, G ^a   Weidinger, F ^a   Laufer, G ^a  

^a Universitatsklinik fur Chirurgie Innsbruck   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CARDIOPLEGIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LEARNING; LEARNING CURVE; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MICROMANIPULATOR; MINIMALLY INVASIVE CARDIAC SURGERY; MORTALITY; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMOTE SENSING; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEMANIPULATOR; TOTALLY ENDOSCOPIC CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS;

EID: 0842347790     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2003.09.005     Document Type: Article

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