Why fundamentals of endoscopic surgery (FES)?

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 701-703

  Hazey, Jeffrey W ^a   Marks, Jeffrey M ^a   Mellinger, John D ^a   Trus, Thadeus L ^a   Chand, Bipan ^a   Delaney, Conor P ^a   Dunkin, Brian J ^a   Fanelli, Robert D ^a   Fried, Gerald M ^a   Martinez, Jose M ^a   Pearl, Jonathan P ^a   Poulose, Benjamin K ^a   Sillin, Lelan F ^a   Vassiliou, Melina C ^a   Melvin, W Scott ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FLEXIBLE ENDOSCOPY; FUNDAMENTALS OF ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; SURGICAL TRAINING; TRAINING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; ENDOSCOPY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896090506     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-013-3299-3     Document Type: Editorial

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