Educating surgeons may allow for reduced intraoperative costs for inguinal herniorrhaphy

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 220, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1107-1112

  Vigneswaran, Yalini ^a,b   Linn, John G ^a,b   Gitelis, Matthew ^a   Muldoon, Joseph P ^a,b   Lapin, Brittany ^a   Denham, Woody ^a,b   Talamonti, Mark ^a,b   Ujiki, Michael B ^a,b  

^a NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON DISSECTING TROCAR; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BLOOD VESSEL CLIP; CLIP APPLIER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE COST; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OPERATING ROOM; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCISSORS; STAPLER; SURGICAL MESH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TROCAR; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICES; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HOSPITAL COST; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGEON; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; COST CONTROL; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; SURGEONS; SURGICAL MESH;

EID: 84929840559     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2015.02.030     Document Type: Article

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