Laparoscopic gastric banding is a common surgical treatment for morbid obesity and the most critical factor in the success of the operation lies in the hands of the surgeon – who needs the proficiency ...

Over the past two decades, the importance of implementing minimally invasive approaches to urological surgery and resident training has increased substantially. The indications for laparoscopic ...

Trainee surgeons learning to conduct laparoscopic (or keyhole) surgery will soon be able to complete their training quicker thanks to an AI-empowered system being developed by researchers at the ...

Cognitive task analysis can help train surgery residents on laparoscopic appendectomy by separating the major operative steps and decision points, according to a study in the American Journal of ...

Delaware County Community College is proud to be the first community college in the country, and one of the only colleges in the Philadelphia region, to have acquired the LapSim(R) 2015, a virtual ...

The development of training technologies and surgical evaluation based on laparoscopic videos assessments is currently underway, report researchers. A team of European researchers, including an UPM ...

Home training using inexpensive trainer boxes may be an effective way to retain and improve laparoscopic skills, according to research published in the American Journal of Surgery. For the study, 20 ...

World Laparoscopy Hospital is an International Training Institute of Laparoscopic Surgery in India. Recently, the organization has expanded its services by launching an institute of Minimal Access ...

Objective measures of laparoscopic skill in training are lacking. To evaluate the changes in the surface electromyography (sEMG) signal during laparoscopic training, and to link them to intracorporeal ...