Robots in the operating theatre - Chances and challenges

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 721-732

  Korb, Werner ^a   Marmulla, R ^a   Raczkowsky, J ^b   Muhling J ^a   Hassfeld, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computer assisted surgery; Image guided surgery; Navigation; Review; Safety; Surgical robots; Telemanipulators

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; COLONOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LAPAROSCOPY; MASS MEDIUM; MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY; NEUROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; OPERATING ROOM; ORAL SURGERY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RADIOSURGERY; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEAMWORK; TELECOMMUNICATION; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; ROBOTICS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 8744260665     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2004.03.015     Document Type: Review

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