Robotic surgery: disruptive innovation or unfulfilled promise? A systematic review and meta-analysis of the first 30 years

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 4330-4352

  Tan, Alan ^a   Ashrafian, Hutan ^a   Scott, Alasdair J ^a   Mason, Sam E ^a   Harling, Leanne ^a   Athanasiou, Thanos ^a   Darzi, Ara ^a,b  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conventional surgery; Perioperative outcomes; Robotic surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONVERSION TO OPEN SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; LENGTH OF STAY; META ANALYSIS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); ROBOT ASSISTED SURGERY; SURGICAL RISK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; UTILIZATION;

BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; OPERATIVE TIME; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84984910890     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-016-4752-x     Document Type: Article

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