Barriers to the uptake of laparoscopic surgery in a lower-middle-income country

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 4009-4015

  Choy, Ian ^a,b,c   Kitto, Simon ^a,b,d   Adu Aryee, Nii ^e   Okrainec, Allan ^c,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Temerty Chang International Centre for Telesimulation and Innovation in Medical Education   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e KORLE BU TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^f TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Exploratory case study; Laparoscopic surgery; Lower middle income countries; Qualitative; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; LOWER MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; MEDICAL EXPERT; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME; WORK EXPERIENCE;

AFRICA, WESTERN; CAPITAL FINANCING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURE; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 84892783505     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-013-3019-z     Document Type: Article

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