Effects of the Learning Curve on Efficacy of Radiofrequency Ablation for Barrett's Esophagus

Gastroenterology

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 890-896.e2

  Pasricha, Sarina ^a   Cotton, Cary ^a   Hathorn, Kelly E ^a   Li, Nan ^a   Bulsiewicz, William J ^a   Wolf, W Asher ^a   Muthusamy, V Raman ^b   Komanduri, Srinadh ^c   Wolfsen, Herbert C ^d   Pruitt, Ron E ^e   Ertan, Atilla ^f   Chmielewski, Gary W ^g   Shaheen, Nicholas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e Nashville Gastrointestinal Specialists   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^g RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer Prevention; Database Analysis; Endoscopy; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PERFORATION; DISEASE DURATION; ENDOSCOPIST; ESOPHAGUS DYSPLASIA; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE METAPLASIA; LEARNING CURVE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; LEAST SQUARE ANALYSIS; LOW VOLUME HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; REMISSION; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HOSPITALS, LOW-VOLUME; HUMANS; LEARNING CURVE; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; REMISSION INDUCTION; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84942362176     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: 15280012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2015.06.012     Document Type: Article

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