Learning curve for laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: role of training in a high-volume bariatric center

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 3741-3748

  Casella, Giovanni ^a   Soricelli, Emanuele ^a   Giannotti, Domenico ^a   Bernieri, Maria Giulia ^a   Genco, Alfredo ^a   Basso, Nicola ^a   Redler, Adriano ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Learning curve; Sleeve gastrectomy; Surgical training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEARNING CURVE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TRAINING; WEIGHT REDUCTION; EDUCATION; GASTRECTOMY; ITALY; LAPAROSCOPY; OBESITY, MORBID; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; ITALY; LAPAROSCOPY; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; OBESITY, MORBID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949974589     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-015-4670-3     Document Type: Article

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