Resident participation does not affect surgical outcomes, despite introduction of new techniques

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 211, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 540-545

  Patel, Shaun P ^a   Gauger, Paul G ^a   Brown, David L ^a   Englesbe, Michael J ^a   Cederna, Paul S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST REDUCTION; CELLULITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT NECROSIS; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROMA; SURGEON; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957238760     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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