Safe introduction of a new surgical technique: Remote telementoring for posterior retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 813-816

  Miller, Julie A ^a,b   Kwon, David S ^c   Dkeidek, Amira ^b   Yew, Ming ^d   Hisham Abdullah, An ^e   Walz, Martin K ^f   Perrier, Nancy D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e PUTRAJAYA HOSPITAL   (Malaysia)

^f KLINIKEN ESSEN MITTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic adrenalectomy; Posterior retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy; Safe implementation of new technology; Telementoring

Indexed keywords

ADRENALECTOMY; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; TEACHER; TELEMEDICINE;

ADRENALECTOMY; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MENTORS; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84868545022     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2012.06188.x     Document Type: Article

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