The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 193, Issue 5 , Pages 589-592 , May 2007

The impact of a formal mentoring program for minimally invasive surgery on surgeon practice and patient outcomes

Presented at the 93rd Annual Meeting of the North Pacific Surgical Association, Spokane, WA, November 10–11, 2006

Received 6 December 2006 ,Revised 21 January 2007

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PII: S0002-9610(07)00055-4

doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.01.003

The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 193, Issue 5 , Pages 589-592 , May 2007

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