Systematic review of learning curves for minimally invasive abdominal surgery: A review of the methodology of data collection, depiction of outcomes, and statistical analysis

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 260, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 37-45

  Harrysson, Iliana J ^a   Cook, Jonathan ^b   Sirimanna, Pramudith ^c   Feldman, Liane S ^d   Darzi, Ara ^b   Aggarwal, Rajesh ^e  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

learning curve; minimally invasive surgery; surgical education

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; COCHRANE LIBRARY; EMBASE; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEARNING CURVE; MEDLINE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HUMANS; LEARNING CURVE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 84902265401     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000596     Document Type: Review

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