Spatial ability, experience, and skill in laparoscopic surgery.

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Published in Am J Surg on July 01, 2004

Authors

Madeleine M Keehner1, Frank Tendick, Maxwell V Meng, Haroon P Anwar, Mary Hegarty, Marshall L Stoller, Quan-Yang Duh

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Ave., Room S-550, San Francisco, CA 94143-0475, USA.

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