Does establishing a bariatric surgery fellowship training program influence operative outcomes?

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 109-114

  Gonzalez, R ^a   Nelson, L G ^a   Murr, M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinically significant obesity; Complications; Experience; Fellowship training; Learning curve; Outcomes; Roux en Y gastric bypass

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAINING;

ADULT; AGED; BARIATRIC SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845620955     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-005-0860-8     Document Type: Article

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