Effectiveness of box trainers in laparoscopic training

Journal of Minimal Access Surgery

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 57-63

  Dhariwal, Anender ^a   Prabhu, Ramkrishna ^a   Dalvi, Abhay ^a   Supe, Avinash ^a,b  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Vijay Vihar Society   (India)

Author keywords

Box trainers; Endotraining; Skill assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547277318     PISSN: 09729941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-9941.33274     Document Type: Article

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