ELITE -The ex vivo training unit for NOTES: Development and Validation

References

• Rattner D, Kalloo A. ASGE/SAGES Working Group on Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery. October 2005. Surg. Endosc. 2006;20:329–33.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Satava RM. Identification and reduction of surgical error using simulation. Minim. Invasive Ther. Allied Technol. 2005;14:257–61.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Seymour NE, Gallagher AG, Roman SA, O'Brien MK, Bansal VK, Andersen DK, Virtual reality training improves operating room performance: results of a randomized, double-blinded study. Ann Surg. 2002;236:458–63.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Raestrup H, Buess G, Roth K, Manncke K, Becker HD. Einsatz von Phantomtrainern im Training für Minimal Invasive Chirurgie. Der Urologe B 2001;41:151–4.
   Google Scholar
• McCluney AL, Vassiliou MC, Kaneva PA, Cao J, Stanbridge DD, Feldman LS, FLS simulator performance predicts intraoperative laparoscopic skill. Surg Endosc. 2007;21:1991–5.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Peters JH, Fried GM, Swanstrom LL, Soper NJ, Sillin LF, Schirmer B, Development and validation of a comprehensive program of education and assessment of the basic fundamentals of laparoscopic surgery. Surgery 2004;135:21–7.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sansregret A, Fried GM, Hasson H, Klassen D, Lagace M, Gagnon R, Choosing the right physical laparoscopic simulator? Comparison of LTS2000-ISM60 with MISTELS: validation, correlation, and user satisfaction. Am J Surg. 2009;197:258–65.
   Google Scholar
• Rassweiler J, Klein J, Teber D, Schulze M, Frede T. Mechanical simulators for training for laparoscopic surgery in urology. J Endourol. 2007;21:252–62.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bar-Meir S. A new endoscopic simulator. Endoscopy 2000;32:898–900.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Verdaasdonk EG, Dankelman J, Lange JF, Stassen LP. Transfer validity of laparoscopic knot-tying training on a VR simulator to a realistic environment: a randomized controlled trial. Surg Endosc. 2008;22:1636–42.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Zhang A, Hunerbein M, Dai Y, Schlag PM, Beller S. Construct validity testing of a laparoscopic surgery simulator (Lap Mentor): evaluation of surgical skill with a virtual laparoscopic training simulator. Surg Endosc. 2008;22:1440–4.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gillen S, Wilhelm D, Meining A, Fiolka A, Doundoulakis E, Schneider A, The “ELITE” model: construct validation of a new training system for natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES). Endoscopy 2009;41:395–9.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Hochberger J, Menke D, Matthes K, Lamadé W, Köhler P. Transluminale Interventionen (“NOTES”)-Aktueller Stand Transluminal interventions (“NOTES”)-status quo. Dtsch med Wochenschr 2009;134:467–72.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Seifert H, Wehrmann T, Schmitt T, Zeuzem S, Caspary W F. Retroperitoneal endoscopic debridement for infected peripancreatic necrosis. Lancet 2000;356:653–5.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kalloo AN, Singh VK, Jagannath SB, Niiyama H, Hill SL, Vaughn CA, Flexible transgastric peritoneoscopy: a novel approach to diagnostic and therapeutic interventions in the peritoneal cavity. Gastrointest Endosc. 2004;60:114–17.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bernhardt J, Gerber B, Schober HC, Kahler G, Ludwig K. NOTES--case report of a unidirectional flexible appendectomy. Int J Colorectal Dis. 2008;23:547–50.
   Google Scholar
• Zornig C, Mofid H, Emmermann A, Alm M, Ha VW, Felixmuller C. Combined transvaginal and transumbilical approach for cholecystectomy with no visible scarring. Chirurg 2009;80:364–9.
   Google Scholar
• Feussner H, Wilhelm D, Meining A, Schneider A, Fiolka A, Can S, NOTES Technical Aspects – Hype or Hope? Surg Technol Int. 2009;18:26–35.
   Google Scholar
• Matsumoto ED, Hamstra SJ, Radomski SB, Cusimano MD. The effect of bench model fidelity on endourological skills: a randomized controlled study. J Urol. 2002;167:1243–7.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sutherland LM, Middleton PF, Anthony A, Hamdorf J, Cregan P, Scott D, Surgical simulation: a systematic review. Ann Surg. 2006;243:91–300.
   Google Scholar
• Hassan I, Gerdes B, Koller M, Dick B, Hellwig D, Rothmund M, Spatial perception predicts laparoscopic skills on virtual reality laparoscopy simulator. Childs Nerv Syst. 2007;23:685–9.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• McClusky DA III, Ritter EM, Lederman AB, Gallagher AG, Smith CD. Correlation between perceptual, visuo-spatial, and psychomotor aptitude to duration of training required to reach performance goals on the MIST-VR surgical simulator. Am Surg. 2005;71:13–20.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Shah J, Buckley D, Frisby J, Darzi A. Depth cue reliance in surgeons and medical students. Surg Endosc. 2003;17:1472–4.
   Google Scholar
• Meining A, Kahler G, Von DS, Buess G, Schneider A, Hochberger J, [Natural orifices transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) in Germany: summary of the working group reports of the “D-NOTES meeting 2009”]. Z Gastroenterol. 2009;47:1160–7.
   Google Scholar
• Davies SC, Hill AL, Holmes RB, Halliwell M, Jackson PC. Ultrasound quantitation of respiratory organ motion in the upper abdomen. Br J Radiol. 1994;67:1096–102.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Harauz G, Bronskill MJ. Comparison of the liver's respiratory motion in the supine and upright positions: concise communication. J Nucl Med. 1979;20:733–5.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Suramo I, Paivansalo M. Myllyla V. Cranio-caudal movements of the liver, pancreas and kidneys in respiration. Acta Radiol. Diagn. (Stockh) 1984;25:129–31.
   Google Scholar