Journal of the American College of Surgeons
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J. Am. Coll. Surg.
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Biography Historical Article
Carrel's war research hospital at Compiegne: prototype of a research facility at the front.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Assessment of basic endoscopic performance using a virtual reality simulator.
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of supervised training using a state-of-the-art virtual reality (VR) genitourinary endoscopy simulator on the basic endoscopic skills of novice endoscopists. ⋯ Students trained on the VR simulator demonstrated statistically significant improvement on repeat testing, but the control group showed no improvement. Endourologic training using VR simulation facilitates performance of basic endourologic tasks and might translate into better performance in the operating room.