Telementoring in endocrine surgery: Preliminary Indian experience

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 73-77

  Pradeep, P V ^a   Mishra, S K ^a,b   Vaidyanathan, S ^c   Nair, C Gopalakrishnan ^c   Ramalingam, Krishnamoorthy ^c   Basnet, Rajesh ^b  

^a Department of Endocrine Surgery ^*  (India)

^b SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT; TELEMEDICINE; TRACKING (POSITION); TUMORS;

HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; PARATHYROID TUMOR; TELEMENTORING; VERY SMALL APERTURE TERMINAL (VSAT);

HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENDOCRINE SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; IMAGE QUALITY; INDIA; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PARATHYROID TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNOLOGY; TELEMEDICINE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 33644924587     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2006.12.73     Document Type: Article

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