Background: Although treatment for appendiceal abscess is primarily surgery, operative procedures are sometimes complicated and we often have great difficulties in dealing with postoperative complications. Recently clinical reports on interval appendectomy for appendiceal abscess are encountered, which comprises conservative therapy followed by elective appendectomy.
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility and safety of laparoscopic interval appendectomy for appendicea
INTRODUCTION: The algorithm for the management of penetrating anterior abdominal injury (PAAI) is not clearly defined. The definitive diagnostic and therapeutic modality in penetrating anterior abdominal injury (PAAI) is exploratory laparotomy (EL), but it carries a morbidity and mortality up to 20% and 5%. Previous studies have shown that 30-50% of all stab wounds do not penetrate the peritoneum and the non-therapeutic laparotomy rate is as high as 70%. In an effort to reduce the morbidity asso
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Our objective was to assess reliability and validity of a visual-spatial secondary task (VSST) as a method to measure automaticity on basic simulated laparoscopic skill model.
In motor skill acquisition, expertise is defined by automaticity. The highest level of performance with less cognitive and attentional resources characterizes this stage, allowing experts to perform multiple tasks.
Conventional validated parameters, as operative time, objective assessment skills scales (OSA
Introduction: Our study objective is to evaluate efficiency, learning curve and transference of simulation skills among novice medical students and to compare with novice surgical residents.
Methods and Procedures: Novice medical students (no previous laparoscopic or robotic experience) were randomized to one of two groups to assess peg transfer skills using the da Vinci® robotic system and Fundamentals of Laparoscopic (FLS) Surgery trainer box. The sequence (robotic then laparoscopic or vice-v
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Virtual Translumenal Endoscopic Surgical Trainer (VTEST™) is the first virtual reality simulator for the Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES). VTEST™ was developed to train surgeons in the hybrid transvaginal NOTES cholecystectomy procedure. The initial version of the simulator was face validated at the 2013 Natural Orifice Surgery Consortium for Assessment and Research (NOSCAR) summit. Several areas of improvement were identified as a result, and the correspondi