Specialization and the current practices of general surgeons

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 8-15

  Decker, Marquita R ^a   Dodgion, Christopher M ^a   Kwok, Alvin C ^b   Hu, Yue Yung ^c   Havlena, Jeff A ^a   Jiang, Wei ^b   Lipsitz, Stuart R ^b   Kent, K Craig ^a   Greenberg, Caprice C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CURRENT PROCEDURAL TERMINOLOGY; DEBRIDEMENT; ENDOSCOPY; GASTROENTEROLOGIST; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEMODIALYSIS; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; ICD-9; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN SURGERY; SPECIALIZATION; SURGICAL TRAINING;

EID: 84890797040     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.08.016     Document Type: Article

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