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Original Articles: Adult Cardiac

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Interventional Center, Rikshospitalet, Sognsvannveien 20, Oslo, N-0027 Norway

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Development of new procedures and training in how to perform them is essential for progress within the surgical community. As surgical procedures get more complex, both theoretic and technologic knowledge as well as hands on practice becomes increasingly important. Simultaneously, senior specialists may be less interested in teaching such complex procedures due to increased production pressures. Robotic procedures require the ability not only to work using indirect vision but also to . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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