Seminars in Pediatric Surgery
Volume 15, Issue 4 , Pages 267-275 , November 2006

Surgical robotics and image guided therapy in pediatric surgery: Emerging and converging minimal access technologies

  • Venita Chandra, MD
    • ,
  • Sanjeev Dutta, MD, MA

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Sanjeev Dutta, MD, MA, Stanford University Medical Center, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Division of Pediatric Surgery, 780 Welch Road, Suite 206, Stanford, CA 94305.
    • ,
  • Craig T. Albanese, MD

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doi: 10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2006.07.006

Seminars in Pediatric Surgery
Volume 15, Issue 4 , Pages 267-275 , November 2006

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