The learning curve measured by operating times for laparoscopic and open gastric bypass: Roles of surgeon's experience, institutional experience, body mass index and fellowship training

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 172-182

  Ballantyne, Garth H ^a   Ewing, Douglas ^a   Capella, Rafael F ^a   Capella, Joseph F ^a   Davis, Dan ^a   Schmidt, Hans J ^a   Wasielewski, Annette ^a   Davies, Richard J ^a  

^a HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Laparoscopic gastric bypass; Learning curve; Morbid obesity; Roux en Y

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; STOMACH BYPASS; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 14644403049     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/0960892053268507     Document Type: Article

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