Variability in spine surgery procedures performed during orthopaedic and neurological surgery residency training: An analysis of ACGME case log data

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - American Volume

Volumn 96, Issue 23, 2014, Pages e196(1)-

  Daniels, Alan H ^a   Ames, Christopher P ^a,b   Smith, Justin S ^a,c   Hart, Robert A ^a,d  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEUROSURGERY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE INJURY; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; EDUCATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEUROLOGY; ORTHOPEDICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; NEUROLOGY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; ORTHOPEDICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84916925744     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.M.01562     Document Type: Article

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