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An Overview of Adult Robotic Urologic Surgery

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Robotic Urologic Surgery

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Rapid technological developments in the past decades have produced new inventions, such as robots, and incorporated them into our life. Today, robots perform vital functions in homes, outer space, hospitals, and military installations. Surgical robots have come to the forefront of the market in the past few years, and have started to occupy both space and time in operating rooms in numerous medical centers in United States and overseas. In addition, new robotic urologic surgical applications and techniques are being developed and reported everyday. This chapter briefly reviews the use of robotics in surgery, focusing on its specific applications in urology.

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  1. Tulane University Health Sciences Center Department of Urology, Center for Minimally Invasive Urologic Surgery, New Orleans, LA, USA

    Fatih Atug MD, FACS, MHA

  2. Department of Urology, Tulane University Health Sciences Centre, New Orleans, LA, USA

    Raju Thomas MD, FACS, MHA

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  1. Center for Robotic and Computer-Assisted Surgery and for Robotic and Minimally Invasive Urologic Surgery, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA

    Vipul R. Patel MD (Director, Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery and Associate Professor of Bioinformatics) (Director, Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery and Associate Professor of Bioinformatics)

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Atug, F., Thomas, R. (2007). An Overview of Adult Robotic Urologic Surgery. In: Patel, V.R. (eds) Robotic Urologic Surgery. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-704-6_4

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