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Robotic Laparoscopic Pyeloplasty
Minimal access reconstructive surgery has evolved in a large way over past two decades. Laparoscopic pyeloplasty (LP) was first introduced in 1993 by Schuessler et al. [1]. Since then, it has rapidly become pa...
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Robotic Assisted Radical Prostatectomy
Radical prostatectomy is one of the gold standard treatments for clinically localized prostate cancer. Since introduced in 2001 robotic assistance has significantly changed the surgical management of clinicall...
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Surgical Robotics: Past, Present and Future
The evolution of robots in surgical practice is an intriguing story that spans cultures, continents and centuries. The idea of reproducing himself with the use of a mechanical robot has been in man’s imaginati...
