Launching a successful robotic surgery program

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 819-824

  Palmer, Kenneth J ^a   Lowe, Gregory J ^a   Coughlin, Geoffrey D ^a   Patil, Nilesh ^a   Patel, Vipul R ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; COST; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TRAINING; TRAINING;

HUMANS; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS;

EID: 42249106667     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2007.9824     Document Type: Conference Paper

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