Globalization of surgical expertise without losing the human touch: Utilising the network, old and new

BJU International

Volumn 109, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1129-1131

  Collins, Justin ^a   Dasgupta, Prokar ^b   Kirby, Roger ^c   Gill, Inderbir ^d  

^a ST PETER S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Prostate Centre   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CYSTECTOMY; HUMAN; KIDNEY DENERVATION; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEPHRECTOMY; NOTE; OPERATING ROOM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; PYELOPLASTY; ROBOTICS; SOCIAL NETWORK; SURGICAL TRAINING; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELESURGERY;

HUMANS; INTERNET; MENTORS; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TELEMEDICINE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84859454983     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2012.10989.x     Document Type: Note

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