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- ↑ Medico di Filattiera a Chicago per operare con i robot, La Nazione (Italian)
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- ↑ Pier Cristoforo Giulianotti - University of Illinois at Chicago
- ↑ Dall'ascella al nodulo si opera con il robot, Repubblica.it (Italian)
