Robotic Cholecystectomy: Learning Curve, Advantages, and Limitations

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 172-178

  Vidovszky, Tamas J ^a   Smith, William ^a   Ghosh, Jagannath ^a   Ali, Mohamed R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cholecystectomy; da Vinci; laparoscopy; learning curve; robotic surgery; surgical education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SAFETY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; ROBOTICS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750934741     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2006.03.021     Document Type: Article

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