How informed is 'Informed consent' for robotic cardiothoracic surgery?

Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 307-310

  Ryan, Sean ^a   Chirumamilla, Vasu ^a   Bello, Ricardo A ^a   D'Alessandro, David A ^a   Michler, Robert E ^a   Rabin, Jonathan ^a   Ashton, Robert C ^a   DeRose, Joseph J ^a  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiothoracic surgery; Consent; Informed; Robotic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EDUCATION; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SURGEON; TARGET ORGAN; THORAX SURGERY; THYMECTOMY;

EID: 74249088653     PISSN: 15569845     EISSN: 15590879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IMI.0b013e3181c45e4f     Document Type: Article

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