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Novel Hybrid Operating Table for Neurovascular Treatment
been found to be unsuitable for meeting the needs of such an operating unit and the associated operating environment. There is a need for interdisciplinary neurovascular teams to have access to a new working environment and hardware that integrates the needs for both interventional and surgical techniques. We herein present a novel invention, a mobile hybrid operating table (mHOT) that provides...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association
سال: 1913
ISSN: 0098-7484
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1913.04340250019012