Malfunction of the da Vinci Robotic System During Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy: An International Survey

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 571-575

  Kaushik, Dharam ^a   High, Robin ^a   Clark, Curtis J ^b   Lagrange, Chad A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DA VINCI ROBOTIC SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOT ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPIC PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRAINING; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UROLOGY;

EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS;

EID: 77951949804     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2009.0489     Document Type: Article

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