Open appendectomy: No longer an intern case

American Surgeon

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1178-1181

  Neville, Angela L ^a   Nemceff, Dennis ^a   Bricker, Scott D ^a   Plurad, David ^a   Bongard, Frederick ^a   Putnam, Brant A ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EVALUATION RESEARCH; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; POSTGRADUATE STUDENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TRAINING; WORK EXPERIENCE;

APPENDECTOMY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84866757381     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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