New trainer for video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-36

  Iwasaki, Akinori ^a   Moriyama, S ^a   Shirakusa, T ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Thoracic education; Training; VATS simulator

Indexed keywords

POLYVINYLCHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BRONCHUS; DEVICE; DEXTERITY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; JAPAN; LUNG; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG LOBECTOMY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX SURGERY; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACIC SURGERY;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PNEUMONECTOMY; TEACHING; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED;

EID: 38949125147     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-965739     Document Type: Article

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