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Robotic Single-Site Surgery: A Summary of the Current Clinical Experience

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The robotic single-site platform was released in late 2011 and since then it has been applied in the fields of gynecologic surgery and general surgery. In this review, we include the reported robotic experience in the above-described fields using this platform to perform surgery as well as its advantages and limitations.

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    Jose E. Escobar Dominguez & Anthony M. Gonzalez

  2. FIU College of Medicine, Miami, USA

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Escobar Dominguez, J.E., Gonzalez, A.M. Robotic Single-Site Surgery: A Summary of the Current Clinical Experience. Curr Surg Rep 4, 22 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40137-016-0142-5

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