Second step: Testing - Outcome measurements

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 768-780

  Lorenz, Wilfried ^a   Troidl, Hans ^b   Solomkin, Joseph S ^c   Nies, Christoph ^a   Sitter, Helmut ^a   Koller, Michael ^a   Krack, Walter ^a   Roizen, Michael F ^d  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICINE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HEALTH STATUS; HISTORY; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WELLBEING;

ENDOSCOPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 0032839133     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002689900578     Document Type: Review

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