A Randomized, Controlled, Prospective Study Validating the Acquisition of Percutaneous Renal Collecting System Access Skills Using a Computer Based Hybrid Virtual Reality Surgical Simulator: Phase I

Journal of Urology

Volumn 176, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2173-2178

  Knudsen, Bodo E ^a   Matsumoto, Edward D ^b   Chew, Ben H ^c   Johnson, Brooke ^d   Margulis, Vitaly ^d   Cadeddu, Jeffrey A ^d   Pearle, Margaret S ^d   Pautler, Stephen E ^c   Denstedt, John D ^c  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

computer simulation; kidney; nephrostomy; percutaneous; professional competence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; KIDNEY COLLECTING TUBULE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEPHROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANK SUM TEST; RATING SCALE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; KIDNEY TUBULES, COLLECTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33750324724     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2006.07.011     Document Type: Article

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