A standardized resident training program in endoscopic surgery in general and in laparoscopic totally extraperitoneal (TEP) inguinal hernia repair in particular

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Miserez, Marc ^a   Arregui, Maurice ^b   Bisgaard, Thue ^c   Huyghe, Marc ^d   Van Bruwaene, Siska ^e   Peeters, Ellen ^a   Penninckx, Freddy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b ST VINCENT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d SINT AUGUSTINUS HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^e Center for Surgical Technologies Leuven   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Endoscopic surgery; Inguinal hernia repair; Standardisation; TEP; Training program

Indexed keywords

DISSECTION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEARNING; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; SIMULATION; SKILL; TEACHER; TOTALLY EXTRAPERITONEAL INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR; VALIDATION STUDY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EDUCATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; ENDOSCOPY; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LAPAROSCOPY;

EID: 70349232362     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: 15344908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLE.0b013e3181a9ce06     Document Type: Review

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