Robot-assisted surgery: training and re-training surgeons

International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 70-76

  Kypson, A P ^a   Nifong, L W ^a   Chitwood, W R ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac; mitral; robotic; surgery; training

Indexed keywords

COPYRIGHTS; ROBOTIC SURGERY; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

CARDIAC; CARDIAC-SURGERY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE; MITRAL; MITRAL VALVES; PATIENT CARE; ROBOT-ASSISTED SURGERY; SURGERY TRAINING; TELEMANIPULATION SYSTEMS; TRAINING PROGRAM;

CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; HEART; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; ROBOT ASSISTED SURGERY; SURGEON; TRAINING; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; EDUCATION; HEART SURGERY; INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MITRAL VALVE; ROBOTICS;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE; ROBOTICS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 33750082256     PISSN: 14785951     EISSN: 1478596X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rcs.7     Document Type: Article

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