The da Vinci robotic system for general surgical applications: A critical interim appraisal

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 135, Issue 45-46, 2005, Pages 674-678

  Bodner, Johannes ^a,c   Augustin, Florian ^a   Wykypiel, Heinz ^a   Fish, John ^a   Muehlmann, Gilbert ^a   Wetscher, Gerold ^b   Schmid, Thomas ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b Schnaz County Hospital   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Da Vinci; General surgery; Laparoscopy; Robotics; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COLON SURGERY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVICE; ESOPHAGUS SURGERY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LOBECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORTALITY; NEURINOMECTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; REOPERATION; ROBOTICS; SPLENECTOMY; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERAPEUTIC ERROR; THYMECTOMY;

EID: 29944447785     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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