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Background: The McGill Inanimate System for Training and Evaluation of Laparoscopic Skills (MISTELS) was developed to assess laparoscopic skills and to score them objectively. This system has been described previously. The purpose of the current study was to determine a pass/fail threshold. Methods: In this study, 165 individuals were tested and grouped according to their clinical competency in laparoscopic...
Background: We tested the hypothesis that the treatment of patients with acute cholecystitis (AC) would be improved under the care of laparoscopic specialists. Methods: The records of patients undergoing cholecystectomy for AC from 1 January 1996 to 31 December 1998 were reviewed retrospectively. Of 170 patients, 48 were cared for by three laparoscopic specialists (LS group), whereas 122 were treated...
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