Prospective randomized controlled trial of laparoscopic trainers for basic laparoscopic skills acquisition

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 209-213

  Madan, A K ^a   Frantzides, C T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Evanston Northwestern Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Laparoscopy; Trainers; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TRAINING; VIRTUAL REALITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; LAPAROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PIG; PRECLINICAL STUDY; SKILL;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TEACHING; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33846301710     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-006-0149-6     Document Type: Article

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