Effect of caseload on the short-term outcome of colon surgery: Results of a multicenter study

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 362-369

  Marusch, F ^a,b   Koch, A ^a,b   Schmidt, U ^a   Zippel, R ^b   Lehmann, M ^b   Czarnetzki, H D ^b   Knoop, M ^b   Geissler, S ^a   Pross, M ^a   Gastinger, I ^a,b   Lippert, H ^a,b  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b East German Working Group Performance and Quality Control in Surgery   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colonic cancer; Experience; Postoperative results; Prospective multicenter study; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLON CARCINOMA; COLON SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATING ROOMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0035158423     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003840100313     Document Type: Article

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