Evaluation of the learning curve in laparoscopic colorectal surgery: Comparison of right-sided and left-sided resections

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 242, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 83-91

  Tekkis, Paris P ^a,b   Senagore, Antony J ^c   Delaney, Conor P ^d   Fazio, Victor W ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COLON SURGERY; COLORECTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL SURGERY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LAPAROSCOPY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21444434395     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000167857.14690.68     Document Type: Article

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