Training junior operative residents in laparoscopic suturing skills is feasible and efficacious

Surgery

Volumn 139, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 729-734

  Aggarwal, Rajesh ^a   Hance, Julian ^a   Undre, Shabnam ^a   Ratnasothy, Joel ^a   Moorthy, Krishna ^a   Chang, Avril ^a   Darzi, Ara ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURSE CONTENT; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; SUTURING METHOD;

HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LAPAROSCOPY; SURGERY; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 33745174801     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2005.12.010     Document Type: Article

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