The 'learning curve' in hypospadias surgery

BJU International

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 593-596

  Horowitz, Mark ^a   Salzhauer, Elan ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Fistulae; Hypospadias; Learning curve

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD UROLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISTULA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM SURGERY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HUMANS; HYPOSPADIAS; INFANT; MALE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE;

EID: 33644993728     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2006.06001.x     Document Type: Article

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