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01-10-2011 | 2010 SSAT Education Panel

What Are The Complex Operations and Why?

Author: Keith D. Lillemoe

Published in: Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery | Issue 10/2011

Abstract

Introduction

Surgeons are often judged by their ability to perform complex surgical procedures.

Discussion

Data show the number of these procedures as defined by the number of procedures performed during surgical training may be significantly more common than would be expected by their program directors.

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Title: What Are The Complex Operations and Why?
Author: Keith D. Lillemoe
Publication date: 01-10-2011
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery / Issue 10/2011
Print ISSN: 1091-255X
Electronic ISSN: 1873-4626
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-011-1569-8

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What Are The Complex Operations and Why?

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Introduction

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