Teaching and training in laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair (TAPP): Impact of the learning curve on patient outcome

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2886-2893

  Bökeler, Ulf ^a   Schwarz, Jochen ^b   Bittner, Reinhard ^b   Zacheja, Steffi ^a   Smaxwil, Constantin ^c  

^a MARIENHOSPITAL STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b Winghofer Medicum   (Germany)

^c Diakonie Hospital Stuttgart   (Germany)

Author keywords

Inguinal hernia; Laparoscopic hernia repair; Laparoscopy; Learning curve; Training laparoscopic skills

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MERALGIA PARESTHETICA; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; ORCHITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LAPAROSCOPY; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881378212     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-013-2849-z     Document Type: Article

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