The role of the assistant in laparoscopic surgery: Important considerations for the apprentice-in-training

Surgical Innovation

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 229-236

  Chiu, Anita ^a   Bowne, Wilbur B ^a,b   Sookraj, Kelley A ^a,b   Zenilman, Michael E ^a   Fingerhut, Abe ^b,c   Ferzli, George S ^b  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL   (France)

Author keywords

Apprentice; Assistant; Laparoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDICAL ASSISTANT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT SAFETY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SKILL; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; TROCAR;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; PATIENT SELECTION; SURGERY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 49849085154     PISSN: 15533506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1553350608323061     Document Type: Article

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