The Surgeon as a Prognostic Factor

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 232, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 729-732

  Lerut, Toni ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CENTRALIZATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; PANCREAS RESECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; SURGERY;

EID: 0033646141     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-200012000-00001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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