Hand-assisted versus straight laparoscopic sigmoid colectomy on a training simulator: What is the difference? A stepwise comparison of hand-assisted versus straight laparoscopic sigmoid colectomy performance on an augmented reality simulator

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2909-2914

  Leblanc, Fabien ^a   Delaney, Conor P ^a   Ellis, Clyde N ^b   Neary, Paul C ^c   Champagne, Bradley J ^a   Senagore, Anthony J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLON RESECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION; HAND ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZATION; SIGMOID;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLECTOMY; COLON, SIGMOID; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HAND-ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MEDICAL ERRORS; MOTOR SKILLS; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 78651312487     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-010-0765-0     Document Type: Article

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