Spine surgery training and competence of European Neurosurgical Trainees

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 151, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 619-628

  Boszczyk, Bronek Maximilian ^a   Mooij, Jan Jakob ^b   Schmitt, Natascha ^c   Di Rocco, Concezio ^d   Fakouri, Baroum Baroum ^a   Lindsay, Kenneth W ^e  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c BG UNFALLKLINIK MURNAU   (Germany)

^d FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

^e SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EANS; Neurosurgery residency training; Spine subspecialty; Surgical competence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE INJURY; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TRAINING; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DISKECTOMY; EUROPE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LAMINECTOMY; NEUROSURGERY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; SPINAL CURVATURES; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL INJURIES; SPINE; TEACHING;

EID: 67650421796     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-009-0259-8     Document Type: Article

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