Surgical Skills Simulation
Annals of SurgeryPublished 13 February 2013
Don J. Selzer, Gary L. Dunnington
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The skills laboratory is identified as the appropriate environment for laparoscopic skills acquisition and those who doubt the benefit of simulation-based laparoscope training are silenced.
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From the Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis. Reprints: Gary L. Dunnington, MD, Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, 545 Barnhill Dr, EH 203, Indianapolis, IN 46202. E-mail: [email protected]. Disclosure: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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