Controlled-surgical education in clinical liver transplantation is not associated with increased patient risks

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 20, Issue SUPPL. 17, 2006, Pages 69-74

  Jurgaitis, Jonas ^a   Paskonis, Marius ^a   Mehrabi, Arianeb ^b   Kashfi, Arash ^b   Gragert, Stephanie ^b   Hinz, Ulf ^b   Schemmer, Peter ^b   Strupas, Kestutis ^a   Büchler, Markus W ^b   Schmidt, Jan ^b   Kraus, Thomas W ^b  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Learning curve; Liver transplantation; Surgical education; Surgical experience

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ADULT; AGE; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BILE LEAKAGE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; SURVIVAL RATE; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGERY;

EID: 33750704260     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2006.00603.x     Document Type: Article

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