Learning curve of single port laparoscopic cholecystectomy determined using the non-linear ordinary least squares method based on a non-linear regression model: An analysis of 150 consecutive patients.

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Published in J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci on July 01, 2011

Authors

Hyung Joon Han1, Sae Byeol Choi, Man Sik Park, Jin Suk Lee, Wan Bae Kim, Tae Jin Song, Sang Yong Choi

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surgery, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan, Gyeonggi-do, 425-707, Republic of Korea.

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