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    Impact of visual–spatial ability on laparoscopic camera navigation training

    Technical limitations of minimally invasive surgery challenge both surgeons and camera assistants. Current research indicates that visual–spatial ability (VSA) has impact on learning of laparoscopic camera nav...

    Paul J. Roch, Henriette M. Rangnick, Julia A. Brzoska, Laura Benner in Surgical Endoscopy (2018)

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    Bariatric Surgery as an Efficient Treatment for Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in a Prospective Study with 1-Year Follow-up

    Bariatric surgery gains attention as a potential treatment for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). The present study aimed to evaluate improvement of NAFLD after the two most common bariatric procedures...

    Felix Nickel, Christian Tapking, Laura Benner, Janina Sollors in Obesity Surgery (2018)

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    Hand-Assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy PERiumbilical versus Pfannenstiel incision and return to normal physical ACTivity (HAPERPACT): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

    Hand-assisted laparoscopic living donor nephrectomy (HALDN) using a periumbilical or Pfannenstiel incision was developed to improve donor outcome after a kidney transplant. The aim of this study was to investi...

    Yakup Kulu, Beat P. Müller-Stich, Omid Ghamarnejad, Elias Khajeh in Trials (2018)

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    Einleitung

    Das Studienbeispiel, das im Folgenden betrachtet werden soll, orientiert sich an einer Veröffentlichung aus dem Bereich der klinischen Onkologie. Moore et al. 2007 untersuchten den Mehrwert einer Zugabe von Er...

    Laura Benner, Marietta Kirchner, Johannes Krisam in Auswertung klinischer Studien mit SPSS (2019)

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    Deskriptive Auswertung

    Der erste Schritt der statistischen Auswertung besteht darin, die erhobenen Daten zu beschreiben (deskriptive Auswertung). Dabei bietet es sich an mit den Baseline-Daten zur Beschreibung der Charakteristika de...

    Laura Benner, Marietta Kirchner, Johannes Krisam in Auswertung klinischer Studien mit SPSS (2019)

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    Grundlagen für den Umgang mit Daten

    In diesem Kapitel soll anhand der Daten, die für die nachfolgenden Auswertungen herangezogen werden, das Vorgehen beim Importieren von Exceldaten in SPSS erläutert und auf die Bearbeitung bzw. Berechnung neuer...

    Laura Benner, Marietta Kirchner, Johannes Krisam in Auswertung klinischer Studien mit SPSS (2019)

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    Statistische Tests und Grafiken

    Der primäre Endpunkt in einer klinischen Studie ist jenes Zielkriterium bzw. Outcome, anhand dessen der Erfolg der Studie (z.B. Nachweis der Wirksamkeit einer neuen Therapie) beurteilt wird. Zur Analyse des pr...

    Laura Benner, Marietta Kirchner, Johannes Krisam in Auswertung klinischer Studien mit SPSS (2019)

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    Auswertung klinischer Studien mit SPSS

    Ein Leitfaden zur strukturierten Herangehensweise

    Laura Benner, Marietta Kirchner in essentials (2019)

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    Global Variation of Nutritional Status in Children Undergoing Chronic Peritoneal Dialysis: A Longitudinal Study of the International Pediatric Peritoneal Dialysis Network

    While children approaching end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) are considered at risk of uremic anorexia and underweight they are also exposed to the global obesity epidemic. We sought to investigate the variation...

    Franz Schaefer, Laura Benner, Dagmara Borzych-Dużałka in Scientific Reports (2019)

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    Does rating with a checklist improve the effect of E-learning for cognitive and practical skills in bariatric surgery? A rater-blinded, randomized-controlled trial

    Mental training of laparoscopic procedures with E-learning has been shown to translate to the operating room. The present study aims to explore whether the use of checklists during E-learning improves transfer...

    Javier R. De La Garza, Mona W. Schmidt, Karl-Friedrich Kowalewski in Surgical Endoscopy (2019)

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    One or two trainees per workplace for laparoscopic surgery training courses: results from a randomized controlled trial

    There are no standards for optimal utilization of workplaces in laparoscopic training. This study aimed to define whether laparoscopy training should be done alone or in pairs (known as dyad training).

    Karl-Friedrich Kowalewski, Andreas Minassian, Jonathan David Hendrie in Surgical Endoscopy (2019)

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    Video Teaching Leads to Improved Attitudes Towards Obesity—a Randomized Study with 949 Participants

    Obesity is a rising social and economic burden. Patients with obesity often suffer from stigmatization and discrimination. Underrecognition of obesity as a disease could be a contributing factor. The present s...

    Felix Nickel, Christian Tapking, Laura Benner, Svenja Schüler in Obesity Surgery (2019)

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    The Heidelberg VR Score: development and validation of a composite score for laparoscopic virtual reality training

    Virtual reality (VR-)trainers are well integrated in laparoscopic surgical training. However, objective feedback is often provided in the form of single parameters, e.g., time or number of movements, making co...

    Mona W. Schmidt, Karl-Friedrich Kowalewski, Marc L. Schmidt in Surgical Endoscopy (2019)

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    The Charlson Comorbidity and Barthel Index predict length of hospital stay, mortality, cardiovascular mortality and rehospitalization in unselected older patients admitted to the emergency department

    The Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) is the most widely used assessment tool to report the presence of comorbid conditions. The Barthel index (BI) is used to measure performance in activities of daily living. ...

    Anke Bahrmann, Laura Benner, Michael Christ in Aging Clinical and Experimental Research (2019)

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    Adjuvant intensity modulated whole-abdominal radiation therapy for high-risk patients with ovarian cancer FIGO stage III: final results of a prospective phase 2 study

    To assess late toxicity, quality of life and oncological outcome after consolidative whole abdominal radiotherapy (WART) following cytoreductive surgery and carboplatin/paclitaxel chemotherapy in high risk pat...

    Nathalie Arians, Meinhard Kieser, Laura Benner, Nathalie Rochet in Radiation Oncology (2019)

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    Sensor-based machine learning for workflow detection and as key to detect expert level in laparoscopic suturing and knot-tying

    The most common way of assessing surgical performance is by expert raters to view a surgical task and rate a trainee’s performance. However, there is huge potential for automated skill assessment and workflow ...

    Karl-Friedrich Kowalewski, Carly R. Garrow, Mona W. Schmidt in Surgical Endoscopy (2019)

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    Self-directed training with e-learning using the first-person perspective for laparoscopic suturing and knot tying: a randomised controlled trial

    Laparoscopic suturing and knot tying is essential for advanced laparoscopic procedures and requires training outside of the operating room. However, personal instruction by experienced surgeons is limitedly av...

    Mona W. Schmidt, Karl-Friedrich Kowalewski, Sarah M. Trent in Surgical Endoscopy (2020)

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    Influence of Body Mass Index and Gender on Stigmatization of Obesity

    Stigmatization and discrimination of people with obesity due to their weight are a common problem that may lead to additional weight gain. This study evaluated the influence of different parameters on the stig...

    Christian Tapking, Laura Benner, Matthes Hackbusch, Svenja Schüler in Obesity Surgery (2020)