Vascular surgery training trends from 2001-2007: A substantial increase in total procedure volume is driven by escalating endovascular procedure volume and stable open procedure volume

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1339-1344

  Schanzer, Andres ^a   Steppacher, Robert ^a   Eslami, Mohammad ^a   Arous, Elias ^a   Messina, Louis ^a   Belkin, Michael ^b  

^a UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTOFEMORAL BYPASS; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AORTIC DISEASES; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LOWER EXTREMITY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 64949181054     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.12.019     Document Type: Article

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