Impact of obesity on laparoscopic-assisted left colectomy in different stages of the learning curve

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 114-117

  Sarli, Leopoldo ^a   Rollo, Alessio ^a   Cecchini, Stefano ^a   Regina, Gabriele ^a   Sansebastiano, Giuliano ^b   Marchesi, Federico ^a   Veronesi, Licia ^b   Ferro, Michelina ^c   Roncoroni, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^c Parma Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conversion rate; Informed consent; Laparoscopic colon resection; Learning curve; Left colectomy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; HEMICOLECTOMY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LAPAROSCOPIC LEFT COLECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEARNING STYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; METABOLISM; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONOSCOPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; DEVICES; FEASIBILITY STUDY; LEARNING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLECTOMY; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL SURGERY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; LEARNING; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68049147297     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: 15344908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLE.0b013e31819f2035     Document Type: Article

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