Telesurgery: Remote knowledge translation in clinical surgery

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1545-1550

  Anvari, Mehran ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNET; LEARNING; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; TEACHER; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELESURGERY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

CANADA; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; MENTORS; ROBOTICS; SURGERY;

EID: 34447335878     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-007-9076-5     Document Type: Review

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