Is day case surgery the key to basic surgical training?

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 426-428

  Weale, A R ^a   Lear, P A ^a   Mitchell, D C ^a  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basic surgical training; Day case surgery; Vascular surgery

Indexed keywords

AMPUTATION; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTERY BYPASS; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR SURGERY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; SKILL; VARICOSIS; VASCULAR SURGERY; WORKLOAD;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; ENGLAND; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0036844630     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588402760978256     Document Type: Article

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