THE GooseMan: A simulator for transhiatal esophagectomy

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 145, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1450-1452

  Trehan, Kanika ^a   Zhou, Xun ^a   Tang, Yufei ^a   Petrisor, Doru ^a   Kemp, Clinton D ^a   Yang, Stephen C ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL HEART; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CANCER MORTALITY; DIAPHRAGM; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; LAPAROSCOPIC ESOPHAGECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LONG TERM CARE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SURGEON; TRANSHIATAL ESOPHAGECTOMY;

EID: 84877835352     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.02.056     Document Type: Editorial

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