Surgical innovation in the information age: The heavy burden of great potential

Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 283-288

  Damiano, Ralph J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MODERN TIMES; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 80455156330     PISSN: 15569845     EISSN: 15590879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IMI.0b013e318237131f     Document Type: Review

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