The Urologic clinics of North America
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Urol. Clin. North Am. · Feb 2015
ReviewMIS-behavior: practical heuristics for precise pediatric minimally invasive surgery.
Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) has changed pediatric urology and general surgery, offering less morbidity and new surgical options for many procedures. This promise goes unrealized when technical methods lag. ⋯ Principles of versatile and proficient technique may remain unstated and implicit in surgical training, often leaving surgical training an exercise in inference and imitation. This article describes some essential practical principles of precision MIS applied to patients of any size.