Increasing the realism of a laparoscopic box trainer: A simple, inexpensive method

Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 559-562

  Hull, Louise ^a   Kassab, Eva ^a   Arora, Sonal ^a   Kneebone, Roger ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKILL RETENTION; SURGICAL TRAINING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

LAPAROSCOPY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 77958000434     PISSN: 10926429     EISSN: 15579034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lap.2010.0069     Document Type: Article

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