title: Clinical privileges for laparoscopic surgery.
abstract: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has undergone an explosive growth. Its benefits to patients--shortened recovery time and less pain--became immediately obvious. The procedure's development and adaptation have largely been devised and implemented by ingenious and creative private practitioners, not the typical mode of introduction. Most or many new procedures in the past evolved from academic institutions after laboratory and then clinical trials. With rapid development and acceptance has come an additional new burden among medical practitioners: credentialing and granting clinical privileges.
authors.affiliation: University of South Florida, College of Medicine, Tampa.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Albrink
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Rosemurgy
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003406:Credentialing / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007349:Insurance, Health, Reimbursement; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000458:organization & administration; D008504:Medical Staff Privileges / Q000458:organization & administration