Virtual reality training for surgical trainees in laparoscopic surgery

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Nagendran, Myura ^a   Gurusamy, Kurinchi Selvan ^a   Aggarwal, Rajesh ^b   Loizidou, Marilena ^a   Davidson, Brian R ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDICAL STUDENT; META ANALYSIS; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TRAINING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VIRTUAL REALITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION; GENERAL SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TEACHING; PROCEDURES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; OPERATIVE TIME; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84893355080     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006575.pub3     Document Type: Review

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