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. 2001 Nov 24;323(7323):1222-3.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1222.

Laparoscopic performance after one night on call in a surgical department: prospective study

T P Grantcharov  1 , L Bardram, P Funch-Jensen, J Rosenberg
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Laparoscopic performance after one night on call in a surgical department: prospective study

T P Grantcharov et al. BMJ. .
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Simulated laparoscopic performance of task 6 by surgeons before and after a night on call. Horizontal bands indicate medians, boxes show 25th and 75th centiles, and whisker lines show the highest and lowest values
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