Overcoming extreme obesity with robotic surgery

International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 382-385

  Stone, Pamela ^a   Burnett, Alexander ^a   Burton, Brian ^a   Roman, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

endometrial cancer; laparoscopic surgery; morbid obesity; robotic surgery

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; LAPAROSCOPY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

CARDIAC COMPLICATIONS; DA VINCI ROBOTIC SYSTEM; ENDOMETRIAL CANCER; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MINIMALLY-INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBID OBESITY; ROBOTICS SURGERY; SURGICAL MANAGEMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUES; UTERINE CANCERS;

ROBOTIC SURGERY;

CEFOXITIN; ENOXAPARIN; MEGESTROL ACETATE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEPRESSION; DRUG USE; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEG EDEMA; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBID OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; ROBOTICS; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649671771     PISSN: 14785951     EISSN: 1478596X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rcs.341     Document Type: Article

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