Editorial: Robotic colorectal surgery: For whom and for what?

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 969-970

  Pigazzi, Alessio ^a   Garcia Aguilar, Julio ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDICAL EXPERT; NERVE INJURY; PELVIC NERVE; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK FACTOR; ROBOTICS; STAPLER; SURGEON; COLORECTAL TUMOR; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

COLECTOMY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ROBOTICS;

EID: 77954414890     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/DCR.0b013e3181db8055     Document Type: Editorial

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