Robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: Current status and prospects

General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 127-132

  Nakamura, Hiroshige ^a   Taniguchi, Yuji ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

da Vinci; General thoracic surgery; Robotic surgery

Indexed keywords

CANCER SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; CONVERSION TO OPEN SURGERY; FORCEPS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIMARY TUMOR; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ROBOT ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; ROBOTICS; THERAPY EFFECT; THORACIC CAVITY; THORACOTOMY; THORAX SURGERY; THYMOMA; TREATMENT INDICATION; VISUAL FIELD;

HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; ROBOTICS; THORACOSCOPY; THYMECTOMY;

EID: 84879227977     PISSN: 18636705     EISSN: 18636713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11748-012-0185-1     Document Type: Review

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