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Obstetrics and Gynecology International
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 139867, 9 pages
doi:10.1155/2011/139867
Review Article

Robotic Surgery in Gynecologic Oncology

Robert DeBernardo,1 David Starks,1 Nichole Barker,1 Amy Armstrong,1 and Charles A. Kunos2

1Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospitals Case Medical Center and Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
2Department of Radiation Oncology, CASE Comprehensive Cancer Center, University Hospitals Case Medical Center and Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, 11100 Euclid Avenue, LTR 6068, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA

Received 28 June 2011; Revised 22 September 2011; Accepted 23 September 2011

Academic Editor: Thomas Herzog

Copyright © 2011 Robert DeBernardo et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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