Learning curve for total gastrectomy with D2 lymph node dissection: Cumulative sum analysis for qualified surgery

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1175-1181

  Lee, Jun Ho ^a   Ryu, Keun Won ^a   Lee, Jin Hee ^a   Park, Sook Ryun ^a   Kim, Chan Gyoo ^a   Kook, Myoung Cheorl ^a   Nam, Byung Ho ^a   Kim, Young Woo ^a   Bae, Jae Moon ^a  

^a National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cumulative sum analysis; D2 lymph node dissection; Gastric cancer; Learning curve; Total gastrectomy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CUMULATIVE SUM ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE MARKER; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKILL; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; TOTAL STOMACH RESECTION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURGERY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33748963231     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-006-9050-8     Document Type: Article

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