Experimental trial of transvaginal cholecystectomy: An ex vivo analysis of the learning process for a novel single-port technique

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2242-2249

  Becerra Garcia, F C ^a   Misra, M C ^b   Bhattacharjee, H K ^a   Buess, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cholecystectomy; Learning curve; NOTES; Surgical technical; Transvaginal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NATURAL ORIFICE TRANSLUMINAL ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SKILL; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; TRANSVAGINAL CHOLECYSTECTOMY;

EID: 70350007031     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-008-0296-z     Document Type: Article

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