Can laparoscopic appendectomy be safely performed by surgical residents without prior experience of open appendectomy?

Asian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 270-273

  Hiramatsu, Kosuke ^a   Toda, Shigeo ^a   Tate, Tomohiro ^a   Fukui, Yudai ^a   Tomizawa, Kenji ^a   Hanaoka, Yutaka ^a   Moriyama, Jin ^a   Matoba, Shuichiro ^a   Kuroyanagi, Hiroya ^a  

^a TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

education; laparoscopic appendectomy; trainee

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; EDUCATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; JAPAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85011011162     PISSN: 10159584     EISSN: 02193108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asjsur.2016.12.003     Document Type: Article

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