Basic laparoscopic skills training using fresh frozen cadaver: A randomized controlled trial

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 23-31

  Sharma, Mitesh ^a   Macafee, David ^b   Horgan, Alan F ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cadaver training; LAP Mentor; Laparoscopic skills training; Virtual reality simulator

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CAUTERIZATION; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; DEVICE SAFETY; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; GLOBAL OPERATIVE ASSESSMENT OF LAPAROSCOPIC SKILLS SCALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RATING SCALE; RESIDENT; SIMULATOR; SURGICAL TRAINING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDITY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; ANATOMY; CADAVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LAPAROSCOPY; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; OPERATIVE TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TEACHING; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84879245782     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2012.10.037     Document Type: Article

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