Impact of perceptual ability and mental imagery training on simulated laparoscopic knot-tying in surgical novices using a nissen fundoplication model

Scandinavian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 78-85

  Jungmann, F ^a   Gockel, I ^a   Hecht, H ^a   Kuhr, K ^a,b   Rasanen J ^c   Sihvo, E ^c   Lang, H ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic knot tying task; Laparoscopic simulation; Mental imagery; Mental training; Nissen fundoplication model; Virtual reality (VR); Visual spatial perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959664655     PISSN: 14574969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/145749691110000203     Document Type: Article

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