Steven D. Schwaitzberg, professor and chair of surgery, has partnered with Swiss medical education company VirtaMed to conduct a trial of one of the company’s new mixed-reality laparoscopic simulators ...

Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine recently acquired a new high-fidelity simulation device that enables surgeons to practice complex operative tasks before entering the operating ...

When doctors perform laparoscopic surgery, they can't rely on their own eyes. Instead, laparoscopic surgeons make a small incision and insert two long tools to work inside the patient's body, guided ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Broward Health Medical Center, home to the Broward Health Graduate Medical Education Simulation Lab in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has become the first United States ...

Reports of adverse outcomes caused by technical errors during surgery and better understanding of the components of surgical competency have highlighted the importance of teaching surgical technical ...

One challenge that laparoscopic surgeons face today is a lack of adequate training procedures for minimally invasive surgery. Simple training simulators exist today to help a surgeon improve their ...

KARL STORZ, the leading endoscopy manufacturer, and VirtaMed, world leader in medical training simulation, introduce a novel mixed reality simulator bringing innovation to laparoscopic skills training ...

Overall Survival of Patients With ALK-Positive Metastatic Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer in the Russian Federation: Nationwide Cohort Study Worldwide, more than 80% of people diagnosed with cancer will ...