A mortality-free decade of pancreatoduodenectomy: Is quality independent of quantity?

American Surgeon

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 949-954

  Schwarz, Roderich E ^a   Keny, Hemant ^a   Ellenhorn, Joshua D I ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DUODENUM CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORTALITY; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032823367     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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