The Laparoscopic Surgical Skills programme: setting the European standard

  • S. N. Buzink Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands; Catharina Hospital Eindhoven, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
  • J. M. Shiappa Centro de Cirurgia Experimental – Hospital Universitário de Santa Maria, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal Hospital CUF Infante Santo, Lisboa, Portugal
  • H. Bicha Castelo Faculty of Medicine of Lisbon, Head Department of Surgery, Santa Maria University Hospital, Lisboa, Portugal
  • A. Fingerhut First Department of Surgery, Hippocration Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece
  • G. Hanna Department of Surgery and Cancer, St. Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College, United Kingdom
  • J. J. Jakimowicz Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands; Catharina Hospital Eindhoven, Eindhoven, the Netherlands

Abstract

This paper presents the overall outline of the Laparoscopic Sur- gical Skills programme (LSS) and the first level (LSS Grade 1 Level 1). In addition, preliminary results of the first LSS accred- ited courses are presented, of which one recently took place in Hospital Universitário de Santa Maria in Lisbon. 

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Published
2012-03-30
How to Cite
BUZINK, S. N. et al. The Laparoscopic Surgical Skills programme: setting the European standard. Revista Portuguesa de Cirurgia, [S.l.], n. 20, p. 33-40, mar. 2012. ISSN 2183-1165. Available at: <https://revista.spcir.com/index.php/spcir/article/view/61>. Date accessed: 28 mar. 2024.
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Opinion Article