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Robots in Oncological Surgery

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New Technologies in Surgical Oncology

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The Robot Institute of America defines a robot as “an automatically controlled, reprogrammable, multipurpose, manipulator programmable in three or more axes, which may be either fixed in place or mobile for use in industrial automation applications” [1].

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  1. Centre of Mini-Invasive Surgery, S. Giovanni Battista University Hospital, Turin, Italy

    Mario Morino

  2. Centre of Mini-Invasive Surgery, Turin, Italy

    Fabrizio Rebecchi

  3. S. Giovanni Battista University Hospital, Turin, Italy

    Fabrizio Rebecchi

  4. Urology Unit III, S. Giovanni Battista University Hospital, Turin, Italy

    Lorenzo Repetto

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  1. Surgical Oncology Unit, S. Giovanni Battista University Hospital, Turin, Italy

    Antonio Mussa

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Morino, M., Rebecchi, F., Repetto, L. (2010). Robots in Oncological Surgery. In: Mussa, A. (eds) New Technologies in Surgical Oncology. Updates in Surgery. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-1475-6_7

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