Learning of thoracoscopic radical esophagectomy: How can the learning curve be made short and flat?

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 618-626

  Ninomiya, I ^a   Osugi, H ^b   Tomizawa, N ^c   Fujimura, T ^a   Kayahara, M ^a   Takamura, H ^a   Fushida, S ^a   Oyama, K ^a   Nakagawara, H ^a   Makino, I ^a   Ohta, T ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c MAEBASHI RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Education; Esophageal neoplasm; Esophagectomy; Instruction; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; HUMANS; JAPAN; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TEACHING; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649503009     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2010.01075.x     Document Type: Article

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