The end of robot-assisted laparoscopy? A critical appraisal of scientific evidence on the use of robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1388-1398

  Heemskerk, Jeroen ^a   Bouvy, Nicole D ^b   Baeten, Cor G M I ^b  

^a LAURENTIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic; Laparoscopy; Robot; Robot assisted; Robotic; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COLON RESECTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INCISIONAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; LENGTH OF STAY; LOBECTOMY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEPHRECTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTOPEXY; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANGE OF MOTION; ROBOT ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; ROBOTICS; SEXUAL FUNCTION; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; THYMECTOMY; TROCAR; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; ROBOTICS;

EID: 84899485379     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-013-3306-8     Document Type: Article

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