Feasibility of robotic-assisted microvascular anastomoses in plastic surgery

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 429-431

  Karamanoukian, Raffy L ^a,d   Finley, David S ^a   Evans, Gregory R D ^a   Karamanoukian, Hratch L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c BUFFALO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Microsurgery; Robotic assisted surgery

Indexed keywords

NITINOL; POLYPROPYLENE;

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CLIP; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; PILOT STUDY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SUTURE; TECHNOLOGY; TELESURGERY;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; MICROSURGERY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ROBOTICS; SUS SCROFA; SUTURES;

EID: 33747374077     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-947697     Document Type: Article

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