A Randomised Comparative Study Evaluating Learning Curves of Novices in a Basic Single-Incision Laparoscopic Surgery Task

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 569-575

  Sodergren, Mikael ^a   McGregor, Colleen ^a   Farne, Hugo A ^a   Cao, Jiguo ^b   Lv, Zhijun ^c   Purkayastha, Sanjay ^a   Athanasiou, Thanos ^a   Darzi, Ara ^a   Paraskeva, Paraskevas ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c People's Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Box trainer; Laparoscopy; Learning curve; SILS; Single port; Single incision laparoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873746713     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-012-2113-1     Document Type: Article

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