Impact of AITS laparoscopic training center on surgeons' preference for appendectomy

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2210-2215

  Lai, Hung Wen ^a,e   Tseng, Shih Horng ^b   Lee, Yueh Tsung ^c   Hsu, Chih Hung ^b   Chou, Dev Aur ^b   Wu, Hurng Sheng ^b,d,f,g   Huang, Min Ho ^b,c,d  

^a CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b SHOW CHWAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG BING SHOW CHWAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d Asian Institute of TeleSurgery   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^g NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

AITS; Appendicitis; Complicated appendicitis; IRCAD; Laparoscopic appendectomy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 77957943017     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-010-0930-4     Document Type: Article

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