Shiho Yoshida, Go Miyano, Masafumi Tanaka, Michiaki Ikegami, Haruki Kato, Shogo Seo, Takanori Ochi, Hiroyuki Koga, Geoffrey J Lane, Makoto Takahashi, Kazuhiro Sakamoto, Koichiro Ichimura, Atsuyuki Yamataka
Aim: To report the value of adult cadavers for training in minimally invasive surgical (MIS) techniques for pediatric surgery (PS). Materials and Methods: Three teams, each consisting of a board-certified consultant pediatric surgeon (CS), a senior trainee (ST), and a junior trainee (JT), attended a cadaver surgical training (CST) course involving five procedures: thoracoscopic esophagoesophagostomy (TEE), thoracoscopic right lower lobectomy (TRL), laparoscopic fundoplication (LFN), laparoscopic hepaticoduodenostomy (LHD), and laparoscopic ureteroureterostomy (LUU)...
December 2021: Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques. Part A