Robotic assistance in gynecological oncology

Current Opinion in Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 581-589

  Mettler, Liselotte ^a   Schollmeyer, Thoralf ^a   Boggess, John ^c   Magrina, Javier F ^d   Oleszczuk, Agnieszka ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Gynecological oncology; Robotic assisted radical hysterectomy; Robotics

Indexed keywords

CANCER SURGERY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ERGONOMICS; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; OVARY CANCER; PELVIS LYMPHADENECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE TUBE CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; METHODOLOGY;

FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; ROBOTICS;

EID: 59649111922     PISSN: 10408746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCO.0b013e328307c7ec     Document Type: Review

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