TY - JOUR
T1 - Impact of minimally invasive techniques in colorectal surgery
AU - Young-Fadok, Tonia M.
PY - 2011/7
Y1 - 2011/7
N2 - Minimally invasive techniques have had a marked impact on colorectal surgery despite the limited adoption of such techniques. Patients stay in the hospital a shorter time, experience less pain, and have less chance of developing a wound infection, an incisional hernia, a bowel obstruction, or difficulty becoming pregnant. Training courses have undergone metamorphosis from ad hoc animate courses to highly defined educational opportunities, and fellowships have had to respond to the educational demands of trainees demanding to be exposed to minimally invasive techniques.
AB - Minimally invasive techniques have had a marked impact on colorectal surgery despite the limited adoption of such techniques. Patients stay in the hospital a shorter time, experience less pain, and have less chance of developing a wound infection, an incisional hernia, a bowel obstruction, or difficulty becoming pregnant. Training courses have undergone metamorphosis from ad hoc animate courses to highly defined educational opportunities, and fellowships have had to respond to the educational demands of trainees demanding to be exposed to minimally invasive techniques.
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U2 - 10.1007/s00268-011-1064-0
DO - 10.1007/s00268-011-1064-0
M3 - Article
C2 - 21476115
AN - SCOPUS:80051544252
SN - 0364-2313
VL - 35
SP - 1505
EP - 1514
JO - World Journal of Surgery
JF - World Journal of Surgery
IS - 7
ER -