The impact of minimally invasive surgery on residents' open operative experience: Analysis of two decades of national data

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 251, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 205-212

  Chung, Raphael S ^a   Ahmed, Naveed ^a  

^a Huron Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SURGICAL TRAINING; VASCULAR SURGERY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77449131173     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181c1b18e     Document Type: Article

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