Considerations on the learning curve for laparoscopic colorectal surgery: A view from the bottom

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1109-1115

  Leong, S ^a   Cahill, R A ^a   Mehigan, B J ^a   Stephens, R B ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Laparoscopic colorectal resection; Learning curve; Minimally invasive surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEMICOLECTOMY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; OBESITY; PATIENT INFORMATION; PERITONEUM CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL SECRECY; REGISTER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC DISEASES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL DISEASES;

EID: 34848869015     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-007-0302-2     Document Type: Article

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