Surgical Spring Week
April 9-12, 2008
Pennsylvania Convention Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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SAGES 2008 Abstracts and Posters
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Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection of Gastric Lesion By Using a Master and Slave Transluminal Endoscopic Robot (MASTER): A Survival Study
DAVIDE LOMANTO, MD PhD FAMS Surg, SOO JAY PHEE, PhD, RAJAT GOEL, MBBS MS DNB, ANDY PRIMA KENCANA, B Eng, SOON CHIANG LOW, PhD, kHEK YU-HO, MD. Dep.of Surgery and Dept. Of Medicine, Y L L School of Medicine, National University of Singapore; School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Endoscopic Submucosal… Continue Reading
Is Morbid Obesity Surgery Safe in Cirrhotics?
Roger D Wu, MD, Stalin Campos, MD, Eyob Feyssa, MD, Jorge Ortiz, MD, Radi Zaki, MD, Kamran Khanmoradi, MD, Victor Araya, MD, Nikroo Hashemi, MD, Albert Trang, MD, Ramsey Dallal, MD. Albert Einstein Medical Center INTRODUCTION: Although bariatric surgery has proven to be a safe and efficacious modality before and after kidney transplantation, the data… Continue Reading
The value of motion metrics for proficiency-based training on a VR simulator
Background: Virtual reality laparoscopic simulators have proven effective for the acquisition and transfer of laparoscopic skill and offer the advantages of automatically recording participant performance, providing feedback, and minimizing the need for instructor involvement. Such simulators offer multiple performance metrics but their importance for proficiency-based training is poorly understood. The objective of this study was… Continue Reading