Can an advanced laparoscopic fellowship program be established without compromising the center's outcomes?

Surgical Innovation

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 317-320

  Kothari, Shanu N ^a,b   Boyd, William C ^a   Lambert, Pamela J ^a   Mathiason, Michelle M ^a  

^a GUNDERSEN LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Gastric bypass; Laparoscopy; Outcomes; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; STOMACH BYPASS; SURGEON; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57049121285     PISSN: 15533506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1553350608327169     Document Type: Article

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