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- Title
Sex is not everything: the role of gender in early performance of a fundamental laparoscopic skill.
- Authors
Kolozsvari, Nicoleta O; Andalib, Amin; Kaneva, Pepa; Cao, Jiguo; Vassiliou, Melina C; Fried, Gerald M; Feldman, Liane S
- Abstract
Existing literature on the acquisition of surgical skills suggests that women generally perform worse than men. This literature is limited by looking at an arbitrary number of trials and not adjusting for potential confounders. The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of gender on the learning curve for a fundamental laparoscopic task.
- Publication
Surgical endoscopy, 2011, Vol 25, Issue 4, p1037
- ISSN
1432-2218
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00464-010-1311-8