Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 51, Issue 4 , Pages 842-849 , April 2010

Robot-assisted laparoscopic repair of renal artery aneurysms

  • Pier Cristoforo Giulianotti, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of General, Minimally Invasive, and Robotic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Ill
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Pier Cristoforo Giulianotti, MD, Division of General, Minimally Invasive, and Robotic Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, 840 S. Wood St., Ste. 435 E, Chicago, Illinois 60612
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  • Francesco Maria Bianco, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of General, Minimally Invasive, and Robotic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Ill
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  • Pietro Addeo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of General, Minimally Invasive, and Robotic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Ill
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  • Antonella Lombardi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Surgery, Misericordia Hospital, Grosseto, Italy
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  • Andrea Coratti, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Surgery, Misericordia Hospital, Grosseto, Italy
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  • Fabio Sbrana, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of General, Minimally Invasive, and Robotic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Ill

Received 28 July 2009 ,Accepted 8 October 2009.

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 Competition of interest: none.

 The editors and reviewers of this article have no relevant financial relationships to disclose per the JVS policy that requires reviewers to decline review of any manuscript for which they may have a competition of interest.

PII: S0741-5214(09)02251-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.10.104

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 51, Issue 4 , Pages 842-849 , April 2010

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