Robotic-assisted bariatric surgery: A systematic review

International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 249-255

  Gill, Richdeep S ^a   Al Adra, David P ^a   Birch, Daniel ^b   Hudson, Matthew ^a   Shi, Xinzhe ^b   Sharma, Arya M ^a   Karmali, Shahzeer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Da Vinci robotic system; Robotic surgery

Indexed keywords

LAPAROSCOPY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; DA VINCI ROBOTIC SYSTEM; ELECTRONIC DATABASE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MASS INDEX; MINIMALLY-INVASIVE SURGERY; ROBOTICS SURGERY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEIGHT LOSS;

ROBOTIC SURGERY;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; STENOSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; COMORBIDITY; LAPAROSCOPY; OBESITY, MORBID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; OBESITY, MORBID; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 80051920301     PISSN: 14785951     EISSN: 1478596X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rcs.400     Document Type: Review

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