Economic aspects of starting a Da Vinci robotic surgery program

Robotic Urology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 253-261

  Peplinski, Roland ^a   Rhodes, Ryan ^a  

^a INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC   (United States)

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EID: 84891988097     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-74140-4_19     Document Type: Chapter

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