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Patient-Side Surgeons: The Unsung Heroes of Robotic Surgery

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There is much truth to the statement “The console surgeon is only as good as their assistant.” As the only surgeon scrubbed during the procedure, the patient-side assistant is in large part responsible for the efficient and safe progression of the surgical procedure.

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  1. University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Phillip Mucksavage

  2. Division of Urology, Penn Urology at Pennsylvania Hospital, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Daniel D. Eun

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  1. Medical Sciences, Dept. Urology, All India Institute of, Ansari Nagar, New Dehli, 110029, India

    Ashok Kumar Hemal

  2. Henry Ford Health System, W. Grand Blvd. 2799, Detroit, 48202, Michigan, USA

    Mani Menon

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Mucksavage, P., Eun, D.D. (2011). Patient-Side Surgeons: The Unsung Heroes of Robotic Surgery. In: Hemal, A., Menon, M. (eds) Robotics in Genitourinary Surgery. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-114-9_10

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