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Priority of Patient Safety Associated With Robotic Surgical Instruments—Response to Landenberg et al

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2017

Yuhei Saito ,
Hiroshi Yasuhara ,
Satoshi Murakoshi ,
Takami Komatsu ,
Kazuhiko Fukatsu  and
Yushi Uetera
Yuhei Saito*
Affiliation:
Surgical Center, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Hiroshi Yasuhara
Affiliation:
Surgical Center, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Satoshi Murakoshi
Affiliation:
Surgical Center, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Takami Komatsu
Affiliation:
Surgical Center, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Kazuhiko Fukatsu
Affiliation:
Surgical Center, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Yushi Uetera
Affiliation:
Surgical Center, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
*
Address correspondence to Yuhei Saito, MS, Surgical Center, The University of Tokyo Hospital, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan 113-8655 (saitoyu-ope@h.u-tokyo.ac.jp).
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 38 , Issue 7 , July 2017 , pp. 879 - 880
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© 2017 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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