The learning curve associated with laparoscopic total gastrectomy

Gastric Cancer

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 264-272

  Jung, Do Hyun ^a   Son, Sang Yong ^a   Park, Young Suk ^a   Shin, Dong Joon ^a   Ahn, Hye Seong ^c   Ahn, Sang Hoon ^a   Park, Do Joong ^a,b   Kim, Hyung Ho ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Boramae Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic total gastrectomy; Learning curve; Stomach neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER STAGING; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGOJEJUNOSTOMY; ESTIMATED BLOOD LOSS; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC DISTAL PANCREATECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPIC TOTAL GASTRECTOMY; LEARNING CURVE; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENECTOMY; STOMACH CANCER; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL QUALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRAINING; TUMOR VOLUME; VERY ELDERLY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; PROCEDURES; SPLEEN; SURGERY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LEARNING CURVE; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATIVE TIME; SPLEEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84951567164     PISSN: 14363291     EISSN: 14363305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10120-014-0447-y     Document Type: Article

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