Surgeon volumes in oesophagogastric and hepatopancreatobiliary resectional surgery

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 891-893

  Charnley, R M ^a   Paterson Brown, S ^b  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM TUMOR; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS;

EID: 79957779686     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.7564     Document Type: Article

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