Supervised training of general surgery residents in carotid endarterectomy performed on awake patients under regional block is safe and desirable

American Surgeon

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 781-786

  Stone M E , Jr ^a   Kunjummen, B J ^a   Moran, J C ^a   Wilkerson, D K ^a   Zatina, M A ^a  

^a St Agnes HealthCare ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORTALITY; NERVE PARALYSIS; OPERATION DURATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RESIDENT; SAFETY; STROKE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGERY;

EID: 0033893846     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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