The Impact of Robotic-Assisted Technology on Attitudes of Host Nation Individuals Participating in Pacific
Tamara J Worlton1, Jacqueline Braden2, Kyle Gadbois3
1Department of General Surgery, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, 8901 Wisconsin Ave, Bethesda MD 20889, USA.
Military Medicine
|January 9, 2020
Abstract:
The USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) on Pacific Partnership 2018 was the first mobile, expeditionary platform to utilize the da Vinci Surgical System. Using a de-identified, web-based survey, the impact of this new technology on Pacific Partnership 2018 on the attitudes of host nation surgeons was examined.
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