Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 13, Issue 4 , Pages 296-298 , October 2009

Future of pain medicine: Computer- and robotic-assisted procedures

  • Vineet P. Shah, DO, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Joint Replacement Program, Neurologic and Orthopedic Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
    • ,
  • Nikhil L. Shah, DO, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Minimally Invasive and Robotic Urology, Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia
    • ,
  • Sudhir A. Diwan, MD, MS, ABIPP, FIPP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Sudhir A. Diwan, MD, MS, ABIPP, FIPP, 1305 York Avenue, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10021

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PII: S1084-208X(09)00030-5

doi: 10.1053/j.trap.2009.06.002

Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 13, Issue 4 , Pages 296-298 , October 2009

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