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  • Title: Development and validation of VBLaST-PT© : a virtual peg transfer simulator.
    Author: Arikatla VS, Sankaranarayanan G, Ahn W, Chellali A, Cao CG, De S.
    Journal: Stud Health Technol Inform; 2013; 184():24-30. PubMed ID: 23400124.
    Abstract:
    Peg transfer is one of the five tasks in the Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS), which is now established as a standard for training minimally invasive surgery. In this paper we report development and preliminary validation of Virtual Basic Laparoscopic Skill Trainer-peg transfer (VBLaST-PT© simulator. Face validation of the VBLaST-PT© with 34 subjects revealed high scores for all aspects of simulation. A two-tailed Mann-Whitney performed on the total scores on VBLaST-PT© showed significant (p=0.001) difference between the skill groups.
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