Learning curve for transoral robotic surgery: A 4-year analysis

JAMA Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 139, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 564-567

  White, Hilliary N ^a   Frederick, John ^b   Zimmerman, Terence ^b   Carroll, William R ^b   Magnuson, J Scott ^a  

^a FLORIDA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY EDEMA; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIENCE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEEDING APPARATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LEARNING CURVE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; OPERATION DURATION; ORAL SURGERY; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRACHEOSTOMY; TRANSORAL ROBOTIC SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALABAMA; DISSECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROSTOMY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LEARNING CURVE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; OPERATIVE TIME; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROBOTICS; TIME FACTORS; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 84879398455     PISSN: 21686181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaoto.2013.3007     Document Type: Article

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