Postoperative and late survival outcomes after major amputation: Findings from the Department of Veterans Affairs National Surgical Quality Improvement Program

Surgery

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 21-29

  Feinglass, Joe ^a,b,c,d   Pearce, William H ^a,b,c,d   Martin, Gary J ^a,b,c,d   Gibbs, James ^a,b,c,d   Cowper, Diane ^a,b,c,d   Sorensen, Mark ^a,b,c,d   Henderson, William G ^a,b,c,d   Daley, Jennifer ^a,b,c,d   Khuri, Shukri ^a,b,c,d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SOLDIER; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 0034931062     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/msy.2001.115359     Document Type: Article

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