The Case for Robotics in Pelvic Prolapse Surgery

Current Bladder Dysfunction Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-5

  Morris, Robert ^a   Mock, Stephen ^b   Dmochowski, Roger ^b  

^a 526 BSB 2nd BSB 101st ABD DIV ^*  (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Pelvic prolapse surgery; Prolapse; Robotics; Sacrocolpopexy; Vagina

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COLPOPEXY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIS FLOOR; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 84896731121     PISSN: 19317212     EISSN: 19317220     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11884-013-0215-6     Document Type: Review

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