Assessing suturing techniques using a virtual reality surgical simulator

Microsurgery

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 479-486

  Kazemi, Hamed ^a   Rappel, James K ^a   Poston, Timothy ^b   Lim, Beng Hai ^a   Burdet, Etienne ^c   Teo, Chee Leong ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDIES   (India)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICAL STUDENT; MICROSURGERY; NEEDLE; NONMEDICAL OCCUPATIONS; NORMAL HUMAN; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SIMULATOR; SKILL; SURGEON; SUTURING METHOD; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSPLANTATION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; NEEDLES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957279928     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20766     Document Type: Article

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