European association of endoscopic surgeons (EAES) consensus statement on the use of robotics in general surgery

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 253-288

  Szold, Amir ^a   Bergamaschi, Roberto ^b   Broeders, Ivo ^c   Dankelman, Jenny ^d   Forgione, Antonello ^e   Langø, Thomas ^f   Melzer, Andreas ^g   Mintz, Yoav ^h   Morales Conde, Salvador ⁱ   Rhodes, Michael ^j   Satava, Richard ^k   Tang, Chung Ngai ^l   Vilallonga, Ramon ^m  

^a Assia Medical Group   (Israel)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MEANDER MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^e OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^f SINTEF   (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^h HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

ⁱ HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^j UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^l PAMELA YOUDE NETHERSOLE EASTERN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^m HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADRENALECTOMY; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; CARDIOESOPHAGOMYOTOMY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONVERSION TO OPEN SURGERY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CURRICULUM; DEVICE FAILURE; DEXTERITY TEST; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ERGONOMICS; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; EUROPE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE COST; HERNIOPLASTY; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROENDOSCOPIC SINGLE SITE SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; LIVER SURGERY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NATURAL ORIFICE TRANSLUMINAL ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; NEPHRECTOMY; OBESITY; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREAS SURGERY; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PARTIAL HEPATECTOMY; PATIENT SAFETY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; PYELOPLASTY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECTUM PROLAPSE; ROBOTICS; SPLENECTOMY; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); THYROID SURGERY; THYROIDECTOMY; VELOCITY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ENDOSCOPY; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER RESECTION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CONVERSION TO OPEN SURGERY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPY; EUROPE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; PANCREATECTOMY; ROBOTICS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 84927166138     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-014-3916-9     Document Type: Article

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