Laparoscopic cholecystectomy as a teaching operation: Comparison of outcome between residents and attending surgeons in 1,747 patients

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 397, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 103-110

  Fahrner, René ^a,d   Turina, Matthias ^a,b   Neuhaus, Valentin ^a,c   Schöb, Othmar ^a  

^a Spital Limmattal ^*  (Switzerland)

^b TRIEMLI HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Complications; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Outcome; Quality control; Teaching operation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT INJURY; BILE LEAKAGE; BODY MASS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE INJURY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RESIDENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPLEEN INJURY; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82455167883     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: 14352451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-011-0863-y     Document Type: Article

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