Will the robot take over endoscopy?

Zheng Li; Philip Wai Yan Chiu

doi:10.1055/s-0034-1392420

Endoscopy, Table of Contents

Endoscopy 2015; 47(09): 773-774
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1392420

Editorial

Will the robot take over endoscopy?

Zheng Li

¹Institute of Digestive Disease, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

²Chow Yuk Ho Technology Centre for Innovative Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

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Philip Wai Yan Chiu

¹Institute of Digestive Disease, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

²Chow Yuk Ho Technology Centre for Innovative Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

³Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

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