title: A new training device for laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
abstract: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy provides a new approach for gallbladder removal with which most general surgeons are not familiar. Requisites for the safe performance of this procedure are good hand-eye coordination, depth perception, and team cooperation. To aid with problems in depth perception and in the opposing movements caused by the lever principle, a training model was designed in which surgeons may execute a variety of exercises to enhance their motor skills and learn to work cooperatively with two other surgeons before operating on an experimental animal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Sackier
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Berci
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paz-Partlow
mesh_terms: D002763:Cholecystectomy; D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D013664:Teaching Materials