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Raffy L Karamanoukian1, David S Finley, Gregory R D Evans
1Aesthetic & Plastic Surgery Institute, University of California, Irvine, USA.
Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery
|August 9, 2006
Abstract:
In this pilot trial in piglets, the authors demonstrated the feasibility of applying robot technology to vascular microsurgery. This preliminary work suggests certain advantages of the robot, which should encourage more rigorous study for its full exploitation.
