The Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) program has successfully been used to teach and assess basic skills required to perform laparoscopic surgery. The more
As for groin hernia repair in Japan, laparoscopic repair started from 1991, however mesh plug repair prevailed since 1993 but turned to decrease 2006. Alternatively la
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the validity of a newly developed system for assessing suturing skills in laparoscopic surgery (Fig. 1).
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There are about 550-650 operating room fires occurring each year which have devastating effects on patients. SAGES FUSE curriculum provides didactic knowledge on OR f
In recently, the number of three-dimensional (3D) laparoscopic surgeries has increased. However, the effects of 3D images to early experience of novices is controvers