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Review
. 2018 Sep;100(Suppl 7):18-21.
doi: 10.1308/rcsann.supp2.18.

Paediatric robotic surgery

Joshua Cave  1 , Simon Clarke  1
Affiliations
Review

Paediatric robotic surgery

Joshua Cave et al. Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2018 Sep.

Abstract

A review of the current status of robotic surgery use in paediatrics.

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Figure 1
Paediatric robotic procedure
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Figure 2
Robotic pyeloplasty (Courtesy of Nisha Rahman, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust)
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