The role of virtual reality in surgical training in otorhinolaryngology

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 163-169

  Fried, Marvin P ^a   Uribe, José I ^a   Sadoughi, Babak ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoscopic sinus surgery; Simulation training; Surgical simulation; Temporal bone; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

BRONCHOESOPHAGOLOGY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPY; FIBERSCOPE ENDOSCOPY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPERATING ROOM; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PARANASAL SINUS; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; TEMPORAL BONE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 34247863846     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e32814b0802     Document Type: Review

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