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Summary and licensing information
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This code is for automated collection of the adverse event reports related to robotic surgical systems from the FDA MAUDE database and extraction of safety related information from the event narratives. For more information, please see the following publications: 

H. Alemzadeh, J. Raman, N. Leveson, R. K. Iyer, “Safety Implications of Robotic Surgery: A Study of 13 Years of FDA Data on da Vinci Surgical Systems,” CSL Technical Report, Nov. 2013: http://web.engr.illinois.edu/~alemzad1/papers/UILU-ENG-13-2208.pdf.
J. Maxwell Chamberlain Memorial Paper in Adult Cardiac Surgery at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS), Jan. 2014.

H. Alemzadeh, R. K. Iyer, Z. T. Kalbarczyk, N. Leveson, J. Raman, “Adverse Events in Robotic Surgery: A Retrospective Study of 14 Years of FDA Data,” Avialable at: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0151470

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