title: The fundamentals of laparoscopic surgery: its time has come.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Nathaniel J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Soper
authors.forename: Gerald M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Fried
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*