Publications by authors named "John R Boon"

Purpose: We examined the construct validity of a porcine-intestine model for ultimately performing a laparoscopic urethrovesical anastomosis.

Materials And Methods: Pig intestine was used to create a model for laparoscopic urethrovesical anastomosis (L-UVA) performed laparoscopically in the LapTrainer. Twelve subjects (residents and medical students) with different levels of experience in laparoscopy were divided into three groups depending on their previous level of training with the laparoscope and with robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP).

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