The addition of the surgical robot to skin cancer management
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We present the introduction of the surgical robot for pelvic lymphadenectomy for skin cancer through a cross-specialty collaboration. In this prospective series, we include the first report of cases undergoing robot-assisted pelvic lymph node dissection for Merkel cell carcinoma and melanoma in the recognised scientific literature.
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دوره 95 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013