Adverse Events in Robotic Surgery: A Retrospective Study of 14 Years of FDA Data

Background Use of robotic systems for minimally invasive surgery has rapidly increased during the last decade. Understanding the causes of adverse events and their impact on patients in robot-assisted surgery will help improve systems and operational practices to avoid incidents in the future. Metho...

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Main Authors: Alemzadeh, Homa (Author), Raman, Jaishankar (Author), Kalbarczyk, Zbigniew (Author), Iyer, Ravishankar K. (Author), Leveson, Nancy G (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science, 2017-05-31T15:04:50Z.
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