Seminars in Colon & Rectal Surgery
Volume 20, Issue 4 , Pages 185-189 , December 2009

Robotic Assisted Rectal Cancer Surgery

  • Sonia Ramamoorthy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to: Sonia Ramamoorthy, MD, Division of Surgical Oncology, John and Rebecca Moores' Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, Medical Center, 3855 Health Sciences Drive, Suite 2073, La Jolla, CA 92093

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PII: S1043-1489(09)00067-0

doi: 10.1053/j.scrs.2009.10.009

Seminars in Colon & Rectal Surgery
Volume 20, Issue 4 , Pages 185-189 , December 2009

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