A randomized comparison of conventional vs articulating laparoscopic needle-drivers for performing standardized suturing tasks by laparoscopy-naive subjects

BJU International

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 727-730

  Tuncel, Altug ^a   Lucas, Steven ^a   Bensalah, Karim ^a   Zeltser, Ilia S ^a   Jenkins, Adam ^a   Saeedi, Osamah ^a   Park, Sangtae ^a   Cadeddu, Jeffrey A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Instrument; Laparoscopy; Needle driver; Training

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; ARTICULATING LAPAROSCOPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENTIONAL LAPAROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; KIDNEY SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDICAL STUDENT; MODEL; NEEDLE; PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SUTURE; THERAPY EFFECT; VELOCITY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; NEEDLES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 39449108964     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2007.07220.x     Document Type: Article

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