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Robot-Assisted Removal of a Broken Scalpel Blade following Discectomy

The risk of a broken scalpel blade during discectomy is considered extremely rare, while no guidelines exist regarding this complication. We report a case of a robotic broken blade removal following lumbar discectomy. A 52-year-old female was subjected to L4-L5 discectomy. During the annulus resecti...

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Autores principales: Koutserimpas, Christos, Ioannidis, Argyrios, Konstantinidis, Michael, Athanasopoulos, Panagiotis, Antonakopoulos, Fotios, Konstantinidis, Konstantinos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6589283/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31281708
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/8609246