The Exoscope versus operating microscope in microvascular surgery: A simulation non-inferiority trial |
Pafitanis, Georgios
(Group for Academic Plastic Surgery, Microvascular Anastomosis Simulation Hub, The Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London)
Hadjiandreou, Michalis (Barts' and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry) Alamri, Alexander (Department of Neurosurgery, The Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust) Uff, Christopher (Department of Neurosurgery, The Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust) Walsh, Daniel (Department of Neurosurgery, King's College Hospital) Myers, Simon (Group for Academic Plastic Surgery, Microvascular Anastomosis Simulation Hub, The Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London) |
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