Surgery
Volume 148, Issue 4 , Pages 814-823 , October 2010

Robotic distal pancreatectomy: Cost effective?

  • Joshua A. Waters, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
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  • David F. Canal, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
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  • Eric A. Wiebke, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
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  • Ryan P. Dumas, BS

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
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  • Joal D. Beane, BA

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
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  • Juan R. Aguilar-Saavedra, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
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  • Chad G. Ball, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
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  • Michael G. House, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
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  • Nicholas J. Zyromski, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
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  • Attila Nakeeb, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
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  • Henry A. Pitt, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
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  • Keith D. Lillemoe, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
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  • C. Max Schmidt, MD, PhD, MBA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: C. Max Schmidt, MD, PhD, MBA, Department of Surgery, Indiana University, 980 W Walnut Street C522, Indianapolis, IN 46202.

,Accepted 15 July 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2010.07.027

Surgery
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