Attaining surgical competency and its implications in surgical clinical trial design: A systematic review of the learning curve in laparoscopic and robot-assisted laparoscopic colorectal cancer surgery

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 829-840

  Barrie, Jenifer ^a   Jayne, David G ^a,c   Wright, Judy ^a   Murray, Carolyn J Czoski ^a   Collinson, Fiona J ^b   Pavitt, Sue H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONVERSION TO OPEN SURGERY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEARNING CURVE; OPERATION DURATION; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; REOPERATION; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; STUDY DESIGN; SURGICAL INFECTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL SURGERY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; PROGNOSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN; ROBOTICS;

EID: 84896710637     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-013-3348-0     Document Type: Review

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