Neurosurgical training with a novel cervical spine simulator: Posterior foraminotomy and laminectomy

Neurosurgery

Volumn 73, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2013, Pages

  Harrop, James ^a   Rezai, Ali R ^b   Hoh, Daniel J ^c   Ghobrial, George M ^a   Sharan, Ashwini ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraminotomy; Posterior cervical; Simulator; Spine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; FORAMINOTOMY; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NEUROSURGEON; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTGRADUATE STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; SIMULATION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SURGICAL TRAINING;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRICULUM; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FORAMINOTOMY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LAMINECTOMY; MODELS, ANATOMIC; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGERY; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 84885008786     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0000000000000103     Document Type: Article

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