Effects of a moderate dose of alcohol on simulated laparoscopic surgical performance

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1753-1758

  Dorafshar, A H ^a   O'Boyle, D J ^b   McCloy, R F ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Laparoscopic surgery; Surgical performance; Surgical simulation; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SURGICAL TRAINING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ETHANOL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SLEEP; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0036917757     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-001-9052-3     Document Type: Article

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