Synergistic benefits of combined technologies in complex, minimally invasive surgical procedures: Clinical experience and educational processes

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1025-1028

  Geis, W P ^a   Kim, H C ^a   McAfee, P C ^a   Kang, J G ^b   Brennan, E J ^a  

^a Minimally Invasive Surg Train I   (United States)

^b St Joseph Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Combined technology; Minimally invasive procedures; Teaching process

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PUNCTURE; ROBOTICS;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; PUNCTURES; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TECHNOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 0030265822     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004649900230     Document Type: Article

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