How does the participation of a resident surgeon in procedures for small intracranial aneurysms impact patient outcome?

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 961-964

  Morgan, Michael K ^a   Assaad, Nazih N ^a,b   Davidson, Andrew S ^a,b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complication; Intracranial aneurysm; Surgery; Teaching; Training

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING;

CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY INJURIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; LEARNING; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249901542     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2007.106.6.961     Document Type: Article

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