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The operating room of the future: what, when and why?

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  1. Department of Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA

    G. Berci & E. H. Phillips

  2. Department of Surgery II, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan

    F. Fujita

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Berci, G., Phillips, E. & Fujita, F. The operating room of the future: what, when and why? . Surg Endosc 18, 1–5 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-003-8270-2

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