Novice surgeons versus experienced surgeons in laparoendoscopic single-site (LESS) surgery: A comparison of performances in a surgical simulator

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 939-944

  Alevizos, Leonidas ^a   Brinkman, Willem ^b   Fingerhut, Abe ^c   Jakimowicz, Jack ^b   Leandros, Emmanuel ^a  

^a HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MANIKINS;

EID: 84863726173     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-012-1487-2     Document Type: Article

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