Point: Are > 50 supervised procedures required to develop competency in performing endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration for mediastinal staging? Yes

Chest

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 888-891

  Folch, Erik ^a   Majid, Adnan ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

BRONCHOSCOPIST; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CONVEX PROBE ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASOUND GUIDED TRANSBRONCHIAL NEEDLE ASPIRATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LUNG CANCER; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MICROMETASTASIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONOLOGIST; REVIEW; SURGEON; TRANSBRONCHIAL ASPIRATION;

EID: 84875989656     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.12-2462     Document Type: Editorial

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