Design and evaluation of a new synthetic brain simulator for endoscopic third ventriculostomy

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 82-88

  Breimer, Gerben E ^a,b   Bodani, Vivek ^a   Looi, Thomas ^a   Drake, James M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anatomical models; Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; Hydrocephalus; Medical education; Neuroendoscopy; Simulation; Technique

Indexed keywords

SILICONE; SILICONE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BLEEDING; BRAIN SIMULATOR; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOROID PLEXUS; CONTENT VALIDITY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC THIRD VENTRICULOSTOMY; EXERCISE; EYE HAND COORDINATION; FACE VALIDITY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; LIKERT SCALE; MALE; MAMMILLARY BODY; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NEUROSURGEON; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION TRAINING; SIMULATOR; VEIN; VENTRICULOSTOMY; ANASTOMOSIS; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BRAIN; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECYCLING;

BRAIN; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT REUSE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MOTOR SKILLS; NEUROENDOSCOPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SILICONES; THIRD VENTRICLE; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 84925024077     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2014.9.PEDS1447     Document Type: Article

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