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Robotic surgery: a review.

Sanjay Purkayastha·Thanos Athanasiou·Roberto Casula·Ara Darzi
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Abstract

Minimally invasive techniques have revolutionized surgery by reducing surgical trauma and therefore hospital stay and subsequently cost. There are limitations, however. Robot-assisted surgery endeavours to minimize these technical hindrances and so allow better, more precise surgical practise while still minimizing surgical trauma.

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Sanjay Purkayastha, Thanos Athanasiou, Roberto Casula, Ara Darzi. 2004. Robotic surgery: a review.. https://doi.org/10.12968/hosp.2004.65.3.12394

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