Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy for Beginners Without Open Counterpart Experience: Initial Results Under Staged Training

Laparoscopic adrenalectomy by general surgeons familiar with laparoscopic surgical skills: Experiences of a single center

“…Zhang et al . also demonstrated that previous experience with open adrenalectomy did not influence the training of LA (5).…”

“…For example, the conversion rate to open surgery in Group A is 0%, and in previous reports, it has been reported to be 0-5% in LA for benign adrenal tumors (2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7). Therefore, it is possibly that the volume of LA in an institution does not significantly influence the learning curve.…”

“…In this series, two surgeons, who were experienced with laparoscopic surgery, but did not have any experience of open adrenalectomy, performed LA. Zhang et al also demonstrated that previous experience with open adrenalectomy did not influence the training of LA (5).…”

“…Zhang et al . reported that the mean operative times and complication rates of the five trainees were significantly less than those of the mentor (5). Eto et al .…”

Assessment of an Introductory Cervicocerebral Catheter Angiography Learning Program: A Pilot Study

“…[8][9][10] A few studies have shown that the use of interactive training models improves resident performance. [11][12][13] A 2009 study by Yamagami et al 14 is the only report on the use of simple plastic cast models in the instruction of visceral angiography. They demonstrated improvement in trainee performance during 5 days of training and positive results transferable to in vivo arteriography.…”