Establishing a true assessment of endoscopic competence in ERCP during training and beyond: a single-operator learning curve for deep biliary cannulation in patients with native papillary anatomy

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 394-400

  Verma, Dharmendra ^a   Gostout, Christopher J ^a   Petersen, Bret T ^a   Levy, Michael J ^a   Baron, Todd H ^a   Adler, Douglas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANNULATION; COMMON BILE DUCT; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CATHETERIZATION; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMON BILE DUCT; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE;

EID: 33847015837     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2006.03.933     Document Type: Article

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