Learning curve and case selection in laparoscopic colorectal surgery: Systematic review and international multicenter analysis of 4852 cases

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1300-1310

  Miskovic, Danilo ^a   Ni, Melody ^a   Wyles, Susannah M ^a   Tekkis, Paris ^a,b   Hanna, George B ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case selection; Colorectal surgery; Laparoscopic; Learning curve; Training

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; BODY MASS; COLORECTAL SURGERY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEARNING CURVE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAINING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLORECTAL SURGERY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LEARNING CURVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84872248446     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0b013e31826ab4dd     Document Type: Review

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