Can virtual reality simulators be a certification tool for bariatric surgeons?

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 242-248

  Giannotti, Domenico ^a   Patrizi, Gregorio ^a   Casella, Giovanni ^a   Di Rocco, Giorgio ^a   Marchetti, Massimiliano ^a   Frezzotti, Francesca ^a   Bernieri, Maria Giulia ^a   Vestri, Anna Rita ^a   Redler, Adriano ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Certification; Gastric bypass; Laparoscopy; Virtual reality simulators

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BLEEDING; CERTIFICATION; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; EYE HAND COORDINATION; GASTROJEJUNOSTOMY; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INTESTINE SURGERY; LAP MENTOR SIMULATOR; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATOR; STOMACH BYPASS; STOMACH POUCH; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISSECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VIRTUAL REALITY EXPOSURE THERAPY;

EID: 84893017033     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-013-3179-x     Document Type: Article

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