Laparoscopic colorectal fellowship training programme: A 6-year experience in a university colorectal unit

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 823-828

  Li, Jimmy C M ^a   Mak, Tony W C ^a   Hon, Sophie S F ^a   Ngo, Dennis K Y ^a   Ng, Simon S M ^a   Lee, Janet F Y ^a   Leung, Ka Lau ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Laparoscopic colorectal surgery; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CHEST INFECTION; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PANPROCTOCOLECTOMY; PATIENT CODING; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM RESECTION; SIGMOIDECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE RETENTION; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; DEMOGRAPHY; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878601811     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: 14321262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-012-1618-0     Document Type: Article

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