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The Laparoscopic Animal Lab Training Module

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Live animal surgery still represents the best training models compared with other models due to technical limitation, which can provide full capability of encompassing all the aspects of a real surgical experience. In this chapter, tips and tricks for the organization of animal lab are detailed. And guidelines of partial nephrectomy and pyeloplasty are well described.

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  1. Department of Urology, Changhai Hospital, 168 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200433, China

    Ying Hao Sun M.D., Zhenjie Wu M.D. & Bo Yang M.D.

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  1. Changhai Hospital, 168 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200433, China, People's Republic

    Ying Hao Sun

  2. , Smith Institute for Urology, Long Island Jewish Health System, New York, 11040, USA

    Arthur D. Smith

  3. , Department of Urology, Chang hai Hospital, Changhai Road 168, Shanghai, 200433, China, People's Republic

    Bo Yang

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Sun, Y.H., Wu, Z., Yang, B. (2012). The Laparoscopic Animal Lab Training Module. In: Sun, Y., Smith, A., Yang, B. (eds) The Training Courses of Urological Laparoscopy. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2723-9_5

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