Auditing surgical outcome: Ten years with the Swedish Vascular Registry- Swedvasc

European Journal of Surgery, Supplement

Volumn 164, Issue 581, 1998, Pages 3-48

  Bergqvist, D ^a   Troeng T ^b   Elfstrom J ^c   Hedberg, B ^d   Ljungstrom K G ^e   Norgren, L ^f   Ortenwall P ^g  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b BLEKINGE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d Tees Esk and Wear Valley NHS Trust

^e DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEG ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RELIABILITY; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS; VASCULAR ACCESS; VASCULAR SURGERY; VEIN SURGERY; MEDICAL AUDIT; STANDARD; SWEDEN;

HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; REGISTRIES; SWEDEN; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0031903883     PISSN: 1102416X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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