Annals of Surgical Innovation and Research


Open Access Research article

Robotics versus laparoscopy - an experimental study of the transfer effect in maiden users

Magnus Anderberg*, Johan Larsson, Christina C Kockum and Einar Arnbjörnsson

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Department of Paediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital Lund, Skåne University Hospital and Lund University, Lund, Sweden

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Annals of Surgical Innovation and Research 2010, 4:3 doi:10.1186/1750-1164-4-3

Published: 6 April 2010

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The Skin Pad in Jig®. The Skin Pad in Jig® as an *.jpg file, showing the needle, the placed running suture and the tied knot.

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Additional file 2:

The tasks of this experimental study performed with robot-assisted laparoscopy. A short video showing the actual tasks in this experimental study performed with robot-assisted laparoscopy. (19 Mb, 130 seconds)

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