Initial clinical application of a robotically steerable catheter system in endovascular aneurysm repair

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 149-153

  Riga, Celia ^a   Bicknell, Colin ^a   Cheshire, Nicholas ^a   Hamady, Mohamad ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endovascular aneurysm repair; Robot assisted surgery; Steerable catheters; Stent graft

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ACCURACY; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; CANNULATION; CATHETER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; LIMB; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ROBOTICS; STENT;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; ROBOTICS; STENTS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67249136029     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/08-2651.1     Document Type: Article

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