Comparison of minimally invasive surgical skills of neurosurgeons versus general surgeons: Is there a difference in the first exposure to a virtual reality simulator?

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 111-114

  Hassan, I ^a   Bin Dayne, K ^b   Kappus, C ^a   Gerdes, B ^a   Rothmund, M ^a   Hellwig, D ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b SALMANIYA MEDICAL COMPLEX   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

LapSim; Minimal invasive surgery; Neuroendoscopic surgery; Simulation; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NEUROSURGERY; NORMAL HUMAN; SCORING SYSTEM; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; NEUROSURGERY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TEACHING; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 34548150705     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-954827     Document Type: Article

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