Effect of Short- Versus Long-Term Video Game Playing on Basic Laparoscopic Skills Acquisition of Veterinary Medicine Students.

The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of playing video games on the performance of basic laparoscopic skills. The study was an experimental pre-test-post-test comparison group design. Fifty-two students (31 from the Western University of Health Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine and 21 from the Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine) completing their first or second year of the veterinary curriculum were randomized into two intervention groups.

A comparison of knot security of commonly used hand-tied laparoscopic slipknots.

Objective: To compare the peak force required for failure of hand-tied laparoscopic slipknot ligatures.

Study Design: In vitro mechanical evaluation of suture material/knot combinations.

Sample Population: Four hand-tied laparoscopic slipknots were studied.