Role and value of laparoscopic training devices in assessing nondominant and two-handed dexterity

Gynecological Surgery

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 110-114

  Mettler, L ^a   Zuberi, N F ^b   Rastogi, P ^c   Schollmeyer, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^c Sherpur Chowk ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Box trainers; Laparoscopy; Skill training; Training models

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEVICE; ERROR; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HAND DEXTERITY; HAND FUNCTION; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LAPAROSCOPY; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OPERATING ROOM; SKILL; SURGICAL TRAINING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHING;

EID: 33745313153     PISSN: 16132076     EISSN: 16132084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10397-006-0185-1     Document Type: Article

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