Robotics in benign gynecologic surgery: where should we go?

Affiliations

¹ Dr. Steege is from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; e-mail: jfsteege@med.unc.edu. Dr. Einarsson is from the Division of Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; e-mail: jeinarsson@partners.org.

Editorial

John F Steege et al. Obstet Gynecol. 2014 Jan.

. 2014 Jan;123(1):1-2.

doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000000072.

¹ Dr. Steege is from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; e-mail: jfsteege@med.unc.edu. Dr. Einarsson is from the Division of Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; e-mail: jeinarsson@partners.org.

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Comment in

Robotics in benign gynecologic surgery: where should we go?
Sanjaghsaz H. Sanjaghsaz H. Obstet Gynecol. 2014 Apr;123(4):887-8. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000000196. Obstet Gynecol. 2014. PMID: 24785625 No abstract available.
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Steege JF, Einarsson JI. Steege JF, et al. Obstet Gynecol. 2014 Apr;123(4):888. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000000197. Obstet Gynecol. 2014. PMID: 24785626 No abstract available.
Robotic compared with laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy: a randomized controlled trial.
Nieboer TE, Aarts JWM. Nieboer TE, et al. Obstet Gynecol. 2014 Jun;123(6):1357-1358. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000000311. Obstet Gynecol. 2014. PMID: 24848908 No abstract available.

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