Does Resident Experience Affect Outcomes in Complex Abdominal Surgery? Pancreaticoduodenectomy as an Example

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 279-285

  Relles, Daniel M ^a   Burkhart, Richard A ^a   Pucci, Michael J ^a   Sendecki, Jocelyn ^b   Tholey, Renee ^a   Drueding, Ross ^a   Sauter, Patricia K ^a   Kennedy, Eugene P ^a   Winter, Jordan M ^a   Lavu, Harish ^a   Yeo, Charles J ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Outcomes; Pancreaticoduodenectomy; Resident experience

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LEARNING CURVE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PANCREAS FISTULA; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STOMACH EMPTYING; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ANASTOMOTIC LEAK; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; GASTRIC EMPTYING; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LEARNING CURVE; PANCREATIC FISTULA; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84895901000     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-013-2372-5     Document Type: Review

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