Learning curve of a young surgeon's video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy during his first year experience in newly established institution

Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 166-170

  Ra, Yong Joon ^a   Ahn, Hyo Yeong ^b   Kim, Min Su ^b  

^a Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Learning curve; Lobectomy; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865536073     PISSN: 2233601X     EISSN: 20936516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5090/kjtcs.2012.45.3.166     Document Type: Article

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