A novel training model for the loop electrosurgical excision procedure: An innovative replica helped workshop participants improve their LEEP

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 206, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 535.e1-535.e4

  Hefler, Lukas ^a   Grimm, Christoph ^b   Kueronya, Verena ^b   Tempfer, Clemens ^c   Reinthaller, Alexander ^b   Polterauer, Stephan ^b  

^a Karl Landsteiner Institute of Gynecological Surgery and Oncology   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

conization; LEEP; OSATS; surgical skills; training

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLPOSCOPY; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LOOP ELECTROSURGICAL EXCISION PROCEDURE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; SIMULATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWINE; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; WORKSHOP;

EID: 84861574635     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2012.01.016     Document Type: Article

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