First results after introduction of the four-armed da Vinci Surgical System in fully robotic laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 426-431

  Heemskerk, Jeroen ^a,b   Van Dam, Ronald ^a   Van Gemert, Wim G ^a   Beets, Gerard L ^a   Greve, Jan Willem M ^a   Jacobs, Michael J H M ^a   Bouvy, Nicole D ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cholecystectomy; Laparoscopy; Robotic surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; ROBOTICS; SKILL;

ADULT; AGED; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROBOTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33646111711     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000091445     Document Type: Article

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