Robot assistant for laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Gurusamy, Kurinchi Selvan ^a   Samraj, Kumarakrishnan ^b   Fusai, Giuseppe ^a   Davidson, Brian R ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cholecystectomy, laparoscopic *methods ; Humans; Robotics *methods ; Safety

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; EXPERIENCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SAFETY; SATISFACTION; SURGEON;

EID: 70249115460     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006578.pub2     Document Type: Review

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