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21 - Understanding the Market Forces and Opportunity Costs of Robotic Surgery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 August 2017

By
Aaron A. Laviana  and
Jim C. Hu
Edited by
Alan David Kaye  and
Richard D. Urman
Alan David Kaye
Affiliation:
Louisiana State University
Richard D. Urman
Affiliation:
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Perioperative Management in Robotic Surgery , pp. 241 - 248
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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