Learning curve for laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy in a high-volume hospital

Updates in Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 179-183

  Braga, Marco ^a   Ridolfi, Cristina ^a   Balzano, Gianpaolo ^a   Castoldi, Renato ^a   Pecorelli, Nicolò ^a   Di Carlo, Valerio ^a  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Distal pancreatectomy; Laparoscopy; Learning curve; Pancreatic diseases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LAPAROSCOPY; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATION DURATION; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREAS RESECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LAPAROSCOPY; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATIVE TIME; PANCREATECTOMY; PANCREATIC DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871879806     PISSN: 2038131X     EISSN: 20383312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13304-012-0163-2     Document Type: Article

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