Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 53, Issue 2 , Pages 493-499 , February 2011

Clinical applications of robotic technology in vascular and endovascular surgery

Received 16 March 2010 ,Accepted 15 June 2010.

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 Supported by an Imperial College Biomedical Research Centre Grant.

 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(10)01630-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2010.06.154

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 53, Issue 2 , Pages 493-499 , February 2011

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