Acquiring Surgical Skills: A Comparative Study of Open versus Laparoscopic Surgery

European Urology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 346-351

  Subramonian, Kesavapillai ^a,b   DeSylva, Suren ^a   Bishai, Peter ^a   Thompson, Peter ^a   Muir, Gordon ^a   Guillonneau, Bertrand ^b   Rassweiler, Jens ^b  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Learning curve; Open surgery; Surgical training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDICAL STUDENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKILL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; SWINE;

EID: 1242270497     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2003.09.021     Document Type: Article

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