A lifelike patient simulator for teaching robotic colorectal surgery: How to acquire skills for robotic rectal dissection

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1876-1881

  Marecik, S J ^a,b,c   Prasad, L M ^a,b,c   Park, J J ^a,b,c   Pearl, R K ^b,c   Evenhouse, R J ^c   Shah, A ^b   Khan, K ^c   Abcarian, H ^a,b,c  

^a ADVOCATE LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Cook County Colon and Rectal Surgery Residency Training Program ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior resection; Laparoscopy; Rectal excision; Robotic surgery; Simulator; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; LAPAROSCOPY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM SURGERY; ROBOTICS; SIMULATION;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISSECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; RECTUM; ROBOTICS; TEACHING MATERIALS;

EID: 47549096315     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-007-9736-4     Document Type: Article

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