Learning curve of assistants in laparoscopic colorectal surgery: Overcoming mirror imaging

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2575-2580

  Hwang, Mi Ri ^a   Seo, Guh Jung ^a   Yoo, Sang Bum ^a   Park, Ji Won ^a   Choi, Hyo Seong ^a   Oh, Jae Hwan ^a   Jeong, Seung Yong ^b  

^a National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Assistant; Laparoscopic surgery; Learning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KOREA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; STEADY STATE; SURGICAL ASSISTANT; SURGICAL ERROR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING;

EID: 77957905470     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-010-1005-2     Document Type: Article

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