Mentoring and telementoring leads to effective incorporation of laparoscopic colon surgery

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 841-844

  Schlachta, Christopher M ^a   Lefebvre, Kevin L ^b   Sorsdahl, A Kent ^b   Jayaraman, Shiva ^a  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b Stratford General Hospital Foundation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colectomy; Laparoscopic colon surgery; Laparoscopy; Mentoring; Telementoring; Training

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARCINOID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON CANCER; COLON FISTULA; COLON RESECTION; COLON SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; ILEUS; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPH NODE; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM DISEASE; SURGEON; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING;

EID: 77952545905     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-009-0674-1     Document Type: Article

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