From jacobeaus to the da vinci: Thoracoscopic applications of the Robot

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-9

  Al Mufarrej, Faisal ^a   Margolis, Marc ^a,b   Tempesta, Barbara ^b   Strother, Eric ^a   Najam, Farzad ^a,b   Gharagozloo, Farid ^a,b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Washington Institute of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Da Vinci; Robot; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS SURGERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LUNG CYST; LUNG LOBECTOMY; MEDIASTINUM; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; MYOTOMY; PERICARDIUM CYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; THORACOSCOPY; THYMECTOMY;

ESOPHAGUS; FUNDOPLICATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; LUNG; MEDIASTINUM; ROBOTICS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 77649135005     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: 15344908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLE.0b013e3181cdb9e5     Document Type: Review

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