Are there advantages to robotic-assisted surgery over laparoscopy from the surgeon's perspective?

Journal of Robotic Surgery

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 79-82

  Van Koughnett, Julie Ann ^b   Jayaraman, Shiva ^a,b   Eagleson, Roy ^a,c   Quan, Douglas ^b   Van Wynsberghe, Aimee ^a   Schlachta, Christopher M ^a  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Da Vinci surgical system; Laparoscopic surgery; Robotic surgery

Indexed keywords

DEPTH PERCEPTION; ROBOTIC SURGERY;

ASSESSMENT SCALE; DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM; EASE-OF-USE; EX-VIVO; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; ROBOT ASSISTANCE; ROBOTIC ASSISTED SURGERIES; ROBOTICS SURGERY; SURGICAL SYSTEMS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

LAPAROSCOPY;

EID: 67650660645     PISSN: 18632483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11701-009-0144-8     Document Type: Article

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