Laparoscopic suturing skills acquisition: A comparison between laparoscopy-exposed and laparoscopy-naive surgeons

Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 623-631

  Bansal, Virinder Kumar ^a   Tamang, Tseten ^a   Misra, Mahesh C ^a   Prakash, Pradeep ^a   Rajan, Karthik ^a   Bhattacharjee, Hemanga K ^a   Kumar, Subodh ^a   Goswami, Amit ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic suturing; Novice surgeons; Trained surgeons; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; STOMACH BYPASS; SUTURING METHOD; SWINE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SWINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875071515     PISSN: 10868089     EISSN: 19383797     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4293/108680812X13462882737375     Document Type: Article

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