A comprehensive review of telementoring applications in laparoscopic general surgery

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2111-2116

  Antoniou, Stavros A ^a,b   Antoniou, George A ^a,c   Franzen, Jan ^a   Bollmann, Stefan ^a   Koch, Oliver O ^d   Pointner, Rudolf ^d   Granderath, Frank A ^a  

^a Hospital Maria v d Aposteln Neuwerk   (Germany)

^b Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust ^*  (Greece)

^c MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d General Public Hospital Zell am See   (Austria)

Author keywords

Community hospitals; Laparoscopy; Learning curve; Mentoring; Remote assistance; Telementoring

Indexed keywords

ADRENALECTOMY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL EXPERIENCE; COLORECTAL SURGERY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENERAL SURGERY; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOB EXPERIENCE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; SPLENECTOMY; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; STUDY DESIGN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TELEMENTORING; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

EID: 84864041689     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-012-2175-x     Document Type: Review

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