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Assessment of Baseline Da Vinci Skill Sets and Knowledge in a Robot Naive Academic General Surgery Program
Cory Richardson, MD, Mariangela Rivera, MD, Heidi Ryan, MD, Shawn Tsuda, MD. University of Nevada School of Medicine. Background: As robotic surgical systems become more commonly used for general surgery procedures, growing numbers of residents will desire exposure to these systems during their residency training. Currently, residents finish their training with various levels of knowledge… Continue Reading
Augmented reality telementoring tool to assess and guide chief to intern intraoperative education: The Google Glass Experience
Daniel A Hashimoto, MD, MS, Roy Phitayakorn, MD, MHPE, Carlos Fernandez-del Castillo, MD, Ozanan Meireles, MD. Massachusetts General Hospital. Telementoring utilizes a two-way audio-video feed to allow for intraoperative consultation without the physical presence of a consultant. Prior studies have demonstrated the efficacy of telementoring; however, much of the work in telementoring has been conducted… Continue Reading
Peroral esophageal myotomy versus laparoscopic Heller myotomy for achalasia: a meta-analysis
Mingtian Wei, MD, Hang Yi, MD, Ziqiang Wang, MD, Zongguang Zhou, MD. Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University. Background: Achalasia is a rare esophageal motility disorder with a low incidence of 1/100 000 per year in general people. Peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM), reported in the management of achalasia patients in 2010, has… Continue Reading
