Implementation of a successful endovascular surgical program in a non-teaching tertiary-care centre in Ontario

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 182-188

  Willoughby, Rod P N ^a   Fenton, John A ^a   Pudupakkam, Santosh R ^a   Greco, Robert A ^a   Roberts, Evan W D ^a   DeRose, Guy ^b   Kribs, Stewart ^b  

^a SUDBURY REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; CANADA; EDUCATION; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TRAINING; AGED; ANEURYSM; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; STENT; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM; FEMALE; FINANCIAL SUPPORT; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ONTARIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SELECTION; PRECEPTORSHIP; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STENTS; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 4344601274     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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