Laparoscopic vascular anastomoses: Does robotic (Zeus-Aesop) assistance help to overcome the learning curve?

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1071-1076

  Nio, D ^a   Bemelman, W A ^a   Balm, R ^a   Legemate, D A ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Learning curve; Robot assisted surgery; Time action analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LEARNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; ROBOTICS; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; LAPAROSCOPY; ROBOTICS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 27144551781     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-004-2178-3     Document Type: Article

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