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Getting smarter with patient positioning

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Kidd LR and Deen T declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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  1. Anaesthetics Department, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Barrack Road, Exeter, Devon, UK

    L. R. Kidd & T. Deen

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Kidd, L.R., Deen, T. Getting smarter with patient positioning. J Robotic Surg 9, 171–172 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11701-015-0508-1

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