A phantom model as a teaching modality for laparoscopic partial nephrectomy

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-5

  Fernandez, Alfonso ^a   Chen, Elvis ^b   Moore, John ^b   Cheung, Carling ^b   Erdeljan, Petar ^a   Fuller, Andrew ^a   McDougall, Elspeth M ^c   Peters, Terry M ^b   Pautler, Stephen E ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; CRYOGEL; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; KIDNEY TUMOR; LAPAROSCOPIC PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OPERATION DURATION; PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL TRAINING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LAPAROSCOPY; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; NEPHRECTOMY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

EID: 84855432298     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: 1557900X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2011.0131     Document Type: Article

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