Technical proficiency in hand-assisted laparoscopic colon and rectal surgery: Determining how many cases are required to achieve mastery

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 317-322

  Pendlimari, Rajesh ^a   Holubar, Stefan D ^b   Dozois, Eric J ^a   Larson, David W ^a   Pemberton, John H ^a   Cima, Robert R ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COLON RESECTION; COMORBIDITY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HAND ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPY; HEMICOLECTOMY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; JOB EXPERIENCE; LEARNING; LEARNING CURVE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTOCOLECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGMOIDECTOMY; SURGEON; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HAND-ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84859978233     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2011.879     Document Type: Article

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