Spatial perception predicts laparoscopic skills on virtual reality laparoscopy simulator

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 685-689

  Hassan, I ^a   Gerdes, B ^a   Koller, M ^a   Dick, B ^b   Hellwig, D ^a   Rothmund, M ^a   Zielke, A ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b Philipps University ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy simulator; Minimal invasive surgery; Spatial perception; Stereoscopic vision; Stumpf FayCube Perspectives Test; Surgical training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EYE HAND COORDINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; SURGICAL ERROR; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; APTITUDE TESTS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LEARNING; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; SPACE PERCEPTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 34248667619     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-007-0330-9     Document Type: Article

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