Economics and the laparoscopic surgery learning curve: Comparison with open surgery for rectosigmoid cancer

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1827-1834

  Park, Jun Seok ^a   Kang, Sung Bum ^a,b   Kim, Sung Wook ^a   Cheon, Gui Neum ^a  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; PROFIT; RADIOGRAPHY; RECTOSIGMOID CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; KOREA; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATING ROOMS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGMOID NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548048101     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-007-9154-8     Document Type: Article

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