Laparoscopic surgical box model training for surgical trainees with no prior laparoscopic experience

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2014, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Nagendran, Myura ^a   Toon, Clare D ^b   Davidson, Brian R ^c   Gurusamy, Kurinchi Selvan ^c  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WEST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; CADAVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCISION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDICAL ERROR; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SATISFACTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TRAINING; SUTURE TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; ANIMAL MODEL; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; EDUCATION; LAPAROSCOPY; META ANALYSIS; SUTURING METHOD;

HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, ANIMAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84903821030     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010479.pub2     Document Type: Review

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