Simulator training on pulsatile vascular models significantly improves surgical skills and the quality of carotid patch plasty

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1148-1154

  Duschek, Nikolaus ^a   Assadian, Afshin ^a   Lamont, Peter M ^b   Klemm, Klaus ^c   Schmidli, Jürg ^d   Mendel, Herbert ^e   Eckstein, Hans Henning ^f  

^a WILHELMINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c MARIENHOSPITAL STUTTGART   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery   (Austria)

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DACRON VASCULAR PROSTHESIS; EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATCH ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATOR; SURGICAL TRAINING; SUTURE; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ADULT; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MOTOR SKILLS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULSATILE FLOW; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TEACHING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84884211477     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2012.08.109     Document Type: Article

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