Validation that a 1-year fellowship in minimally invasive and bariatric surgery can eliminate the learning curve for laparoscopic gastric bypass

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 138-144

  Ali, Mohamed R ^a   Tichansky, David S ^b   Kothari, Shanu N ^c   McBride, Corrigan L ^d   Fernandez Jr , Adolfo Z ^e   Sugerman, Harvey J ^f   Kellum, John M ^f   Wolfe, Luke G ^f   Demaria, Eric J ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GUNDERSEN LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Fellowship training; Gastric bypass; Laparoscopy; Minimally invasive surgery; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOTIC STRICTURE; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GASTROGASTRIC FISTULA; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROJEJUNOSTOMY LEAK; GASTROJEJUNOSTOMY STRICTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCISIONAL HERNIA; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; JEJUNOJEJUNOSTOMY OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEARNING; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; STOMACH BYPASS; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; TEACHER; VALIDATION STUDY; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 74149092438     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-009-0550-z     Document Type: Article

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