Use of the colonoscope training model with the colonoscope 3d imaging probe improved trainee colonoscopy performance: A pilot study

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1496-1502

  Kaltenbach, Tonya ^a   Leung, Cynthia ^a   Wu, Kuan ^a   Yan, Kelley ^a   Friedland, Shai ^a   Soetikno, Roy ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Insertion technique; Looping; ScopeGuide; Simulator; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CECUM; COLONOSCOPE; COLONOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTUBATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

COLONOSCOPES; COLONOSCOPY; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 79955608940     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-011-1614-1     Document Type: Article

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