Telementoring and telerobotics in urological surgery

Current Urology Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 22-28

  Challacombe, Ben ^a   Wheatstone, Sarah ^b  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mentoring; Robotics; Surgery; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; NEPHRECTOMY; REMOTE SENSING; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEMONITORING; TELESURGERY; UROLOGIC SURGERY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; TEACHER; TELECONSULTATION; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

HUMANS; MENTORS; REMOTE CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROBOTICS; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 76649094243     PISSN: 15272737     EISSN: 15346285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11934-009-0086-8     Document Type: Review

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