Defining the Learning Curve for Robotic-assisted Esophagogastrectomy

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1346-1351

  Hernandez, Jonathan M ^a   Dimou, Francesca ^a   Weber, Jill ^b   Almhanna, Khaldoun ^b   Hoffe, Sarah ^b   Shridhar, Ravi ^b   Karl, Richard ^b   Meredith, Kenneth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Esophageal resection; Learning curve; Robotic assisted esophagogastrectomy

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; AGED; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMAN; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROBOTICS; THORACOTOMY;

AGED; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; OPERATIVE TIME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROBOTICS; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 84880117876     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-013-2225-2     Document Type: Article

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