Diathermy tralning and usage trends among surgical traines - will we get our fingers burnt?

Surgeon

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 132-136

  Assiotis, A ^a   Christofi, T ^c,d   Raptis, D A ^b   Engledow, A ^b   Imber, C ^b   Huang, A ^c  

^a SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^c BUCKINGHAMSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d 4E Portman Mansions ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complication; Diathermy; Electrosurgery; Higher surgical trainees; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIATHERMY; EDUCATION; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

DIATHERMY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; GENERAL SURGERY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS;

EID: 67949087948     PISSN: 1479666X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1479-666X(09)80035-8     Document Type: Article

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