Learning curve of laparoscopic surgery for gastric cancer, a laparoscopic distal gastrectomy-based analysis

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1259-1264

  Zhang, Xiaoqiao ^a,b   Tanigawa, Nobuhiko ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b JINAN MILITARY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Gastric cancer; Laparoscopic gastrectomy; Learning curve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CANCER; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; LAPAROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STOMACH TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68849125060     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-008-0142-3     Document Type: Article

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