Adhesion-related hospital readmissions after abdominal and pelvic surgery: A retrospective cohort study

Lancet

Volumn 353, Issue 9163, 1999, Pages 1476-1480

  Ellis, Harold ^a   Moran, Brendan J ^b   Thompson, Jeremy N ^c   Parker, Michael C ^d   Wilson, Malcolm S ^e   Menzies, Don ^f   McGuire, Alistair ^g,h   Lower, Adrian M ⁱ   Hawthorn, Robert J S ^j   O'Brien, Fiona ^k   Buchan, Scot ^l   Crowe, Alison M ^l  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH HAMPSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Joyce Green Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^e STEPPING HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f O and G   (United Kingdom)

^g CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^j NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^k HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^l 'Strategen   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PELVIS SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAR FORMATION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033135998     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)09337-4     Document Type: Article

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