The integration of minimally invasive surgery in surgical practice in a Canadian setting: Results from 2 consecutive province-wide practice surveys of general surgeons over a 5-year period

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 92-99

  Hallet, Julie ^a,b   Mailloux, Olivier ^c   Chhiv, Mony ^c,d   Grégoire, Roger C ^c,d   Gagné, Jean Pierre ^c,d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUEBEC; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; QUEBEC;

EID: 84928230520     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: 14882310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cjs.019713     Document Type: Article

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