Minimal invasive surgery

Chien S (2007) Ischemic rabbit ear model created by minimally invasive surgery. Wound Repair Regen 15 928-935... 

Wilson APR. Antibiotic prophylaxis in endoscopic and minimally invasive surgery. J Chemother 2001 13 102-107. 

For treatment of rectal cancer, minimally invasive surgery, such as transanal excision, transanal endoscopic microsurgery, total mesorectal excision, or abdominoperineal resection, are available depending on the location, size, and stage of the tumor (Pricolo... 

Despite the success of da Vinci robots, there are many procedures awaiting advanced technologies. Still, behind the scenes, many robotic devices and technologies have been applied to traditional surgical procedures and minimally invasive surgeries. 

De Donno, A., Zom, L., Zanne, P., Nageotte, F., de Mathehn, M. Introducing STRAS a new flexible robotic system for minimally invasive surgery. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 1213-1220 (2013)... 

Barnes, A., A modular robotic system for precise minimally invasive surgery, M.S. thesis. Mechanical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1999. 

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