Laparoscopic virtual reality and box trainers: Is one superior to the other?

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 485-494

  Munz, Y ^a   Kumar, B D ^a   Moorthy, K ^a   Bann, S ^a   Darzi, A ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Box trainer; Laparoscopy; LapSim; Simulator; Surgical training; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEARNING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; SURGICAL TRAINING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CADAVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, ANIMAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 1942422650     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-003-9043-7     Document Type: Article

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