Robotic surgery - Reality or fantasy?

Scripta Medica Facultatis Medicae Universitatis Brunensis Masarykianae

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 71-74

  Capov I ^a   Veverkova L ^a  

^a ST ANNE S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Robotic surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CZECH REPUBLIC; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 33947729916     PISSN: 12113395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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