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Review
. 2004 Mar;65(3):153-9.
doi: 10.12968/hosp.2004.65.3.12394.

Robotic surgery: a review

Sanjay Purkayastha  1 , Thanos Athanasiou, Roberto Casula, Ara Darzi
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Review

Robotic surgery: a review

Sanjay Purkayastha et al. Hosp Med. 2004 Mar.

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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