Can surgeon's hand be replaced with a smart surgical instrument in esophagectomy?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 735-740

  Farkoush, Siamak Hajizadeh ^a   Najarian, Siamak ^a  

^a Faculty of Biomedical Engineering   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIOSENSOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ESOPHAGECTOMY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 70349734573     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2009.02.045     Document Type: Article

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