@article{JTD15315,
author = {Florian Augustin and Johannes Bodner},
title = {Robotic-assisted thoracic surgery: a helpful tool or just another expensive gadget?},
journal = {Journal of Thoracic Disease},
volume = {9},
number = {9},
year = {2017},
keywords = {},
abstract = {It is almost 20 years ago that the first useful surgical telemanipulator was introduced. Since that time, the surgical robot, as it was called ever since, has been applied to a large number of different procedures throughout surgical specialties ranging from thyroidectomy over mitral valve repair and colorectal resections to prostatectomy. A lot of case reports and case series on successful procedures have been published and yet, surgeons struggle to define robotic surgery’s place in every day practice.},
issn = {2077-6624}, url = {https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/15315}
}