Suture damage during robot-assisted vascular surgery: Is it an issue?

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 524-527

  Diks, Jeroen ^a   Nio, Denise ^b   Linsen, Matteus A ^a   Rauwerda, Jan A ^a   Wisselink, Willem ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Infection and Immunology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

RALS; Robot; Robotic surgery; Suture material; Vascular

Indexed keywords

POLITEF; POLYPROPYLENE; SUTURE MATERIAL;

ARTICLE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUTURE; SUTURE DAMAGE; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EQUIPMENT FAILURE; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYPROPYLENES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; ROBOTICS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; TENSILE STRENGTH; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 37549037433     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: 15344908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLE.0b013e318150e590     Document Type: Article

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