Office Based Vasectomy Can be Performed by Supervised Urological Residents With Patient Pain and Morbidity Comparable to Those of a Staff Surgeon Procedure

Journal of Urology

Volumn 180, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1451-1454

  Nguyen, Carvell T ^a   Hernandez, Adrian V ^a   Gao, Tianming ^a   Thomas, Anil A ^a   Jones, J Stephen ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

education; internship and residency; medical; pain; scrotum; vasectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MORBIDITY; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UROLOGY; VASECTOMY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLOGY; VASECTOMY;

EID: 50949102842     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.06.047     Document Type: Article

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