The impact of laparoscopic bariatric workshops on the practice patterns of surgeons

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 929-933

  Lord, J L ^a   Cottam, D R ^b   Dallal, R M ^c   Mattar, S G ^d   Watson, A R ^e   Glasscock, J M ^f   Ramanathan, R ^e   Eid, G M ^e   Schauer, P R ^g  

^a Sacred Heart Institute for Surgical Weight Loss   (United States)

^b Surgical Weight Control Center of Nevada   (United States)

^c EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Sartori Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^g LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Course; Laparoscopic skills; Obesity; Training; Workshop

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; CONGRESSES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LEARNING; OBESITY, MORBID; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SURGERY;

EID: 33744750253     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-005-0182-x     Document Type: Article

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