Advanced fellowship training is associated with improved lymph node retrieval in colon cancer resections

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Barbas, Andrew ^a   Turley, Ryan ^a   Mantyh, Christopher ^a   Migaly, John ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

colon cancer; fellowship training; lymph node; lymph node retrieval; surgical training

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON CANCER; COLON RESECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; COLECTOMY; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 80051544443     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2011.03.055     Document Type: Article

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