Robotic mitral surgery at East Carolina University: A 6 year experience

International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 211-215

  Rodríguez, Evelio ^a   Kypson, Alan P ^a   Moten, Simon C ^a   Nifong, L Wiley ^a   Chitwood, W Randolph ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROBOTIC SURGERY;

'CURRENT; AVERAGE AGES; CURRENT TECHNOLOGY; EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUTURE TRENDS; MITRAL VALVE REPAIRS; REOPERATION; REPAIR OPERATIONS; STANDARD OF CARES;

REPAIR;

NITINOL;

CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REOPERATION; RETRACTOR; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750086345     PISSN: 14785951     EISSN: 1478596X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rcs.80     Document Type: Review

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