Robotic thoracic surgery technical considerations and learning curve for pulmonary resection

Thoracic Surgery Clinics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 135-141

  Veronesi, Giulia ^a  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Robotic surgery; Video assisted thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; LEARNING CURVE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; THORAX SURGERY; EDUCATION; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; ROBOTIC SURGERY; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; VIDEO-ASSISTED THORACIC SURGERY;

LUNG CANCER; ROBOTIC SURGERY; VIDEO-ASSISTED THORACIC SURGERY;

HUMANS; LEARNING CURVE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PNEUMONECTOMY; ROBOTICS; THORACIC SURGERY; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED;

EID: 84903383607     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15585069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2014.02.009     Document Type: Review

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