WF-B5T4F7
Collection of Robotic Surgery Malfunctions
Study on database reports of robotic surgery malfunctions (8,061), including those ending in injury (1,391) and death (144), between 2000 and 2013.
- Date it happened
- 2015-07-13
- Organisation involved
- Hospitals, Doctors
- Product, system or model
- Surgery robot.
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Attribution
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