Does robotic assistance improve efficiency in performing complex minimally invasive surgical procedures?

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 584-588

  Jayaraman, Shiva ^a,b   Quan, Douglas ^a,b   Al Ghamdi, Ibrahim ^a,b   El Deen, Firas ^a,b   Schlachta, Christopher M ^a,b  

^a LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bile; Biliary enteric anastomosis; Learning curve; Robotics; Technology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT; BILE DUCT BYPASS; CHOLEDOCHOJEJUNOSTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; NONHUMAN; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWINE;

EID: 77649182881     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-009-0621-1     Document Type: Article

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