Robotic and laparoscopic surgery of the pancreas: an historical review

Abstract Surgery of the pancreas is a relatively new field, with operative series appearing only in the last 50 years. Surgery of the pancreas is technically challenging. The entire field of general surgery changed radically in 1987 with the introduction of the laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Minimall...

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Main Author: Alan Kawarai Lefor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:BMC Biomedical Engineering
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42490-019-0001-4