The Natural Orifice Simulated Surgical Environment (NOSsE™): Exploring the challenges of NOTES without the animal model

Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 211-214

  Clark, James ^a,b   Sodergren, Mikael ^a   Noonan, David ^a   Darzi, Ara ^a   Yang, Guang Zhong ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; LABORATORY; NATURAL ORIFICE TRANSLUMINAL ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATOR; SKILL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ENDOSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC;

EID: 64749097293     PISSN: 10926429     EISSN: 15579034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lap.2008.0357     Document Type: Article

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