Future of thyroid surgery and training surgeons to meet the expectations of 2000 and beyond

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 976-982

  Harness, Jay K ^a   Van Heerden, Jon A ^b   Lennquist, Sten ^c   Rothmund, Matthias ^d   Barraclough, Bruce H ^e   Goode, A W ^f   Rosen, Irving B ^g   Fujimoto, Yoshihide ^h   Proye, Charles ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

^e WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^h CANCER INSTITUTE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

ⁱ LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; THYROID SURGERY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; SURGERY; THYROID DISEASES; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 0033911459     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002680010168     Document Type: Article

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