Pediatric robotic-assisted surgery: Too early an assessment?

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1680-1681

  Peters, Craig A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MORBIDITY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS;

CHILD; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); ROBOTICS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 71949117061     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-2562     Document Type: Note

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