The operating room of the future: What, when, and why?

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-5

  Berci, G ^a   Phillips, E H ^a   Fujita, F ^b  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; EQUIPMENT; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNOLOGY; THORAX SURGERY; TRAINING; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FORECASTING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LAPAROSCOPY; MICROCOMPUTERS; OPERATING ROOM NURSING; OPERATING ROOM TECHNICIANS; OPERATING ROOMS; PHYSICIANS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; TELEVISION; VIDEO-ASSISTED SURGERY;

EID: 1642499182     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-003-8270-2     Document Type: Editorial

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