Flexible ureteroscopy training for surgeons using isolated porcine kidneys in vitro Endourology and technology

BMC Urology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Hu, Dongliang ^a   Liu, Tongzu ^a   Wang, Xinghuan ^a  

^a ZHONGNAN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Porcine kidney; Teaching; Training; Ureteroscopes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FLEXIBLE URETEROSCOPY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LEARNING CURVE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NONHUMAN; OPERATION DURATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RATING SCALE; SURGEON; URETEROSCOPY; UROLOGIST; WORK EXPERIENCE; ANIMAL; CHINA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; IN SERVICE TRAINING; KIDNEY; PATHOLOGY; PIG; PROCEDURES; SURGERY; TEACHING; UROLOGY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; CHINA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ELASTIC MODULUS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; INSERVICE TRAINING; KIDNEY; SURGEONS; SWINE; TEACHING; URETEROSCOPY; UROLOGY;

EID: 84937420306     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12894-015-0067-9     Document Type: Article

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