Implications of laparoscopy on surgery residency training

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-75

  Hedrick, Traci ^a   Turrentine, Florence ^a   Sanfey, Hilary ^b   Schirmer, Bruce ^a   Friel, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Residency; Resident; Training

Indexed keywords

APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; DATA BASE; HERNIORRHAPHY; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION;

COHORT STUDIES; GENERAL SURGERY; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LAPAROSCOPY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57649143910     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2008.08.013     Document Type: Article

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