The nationwide frequency of major adverse outcomes in antireflux surgery and the role of surgeon experience, 1992-1997

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 195, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 611-618

  Flum, David R ^a,f   Koepsell, Thomas ^c,d   Heagerty, Patrick ^a,e   Pellegrini, Carlos A ^b  

^a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program   (United States)

^b Departments of Neurological Surgery   (United States)

^c Epidemiology   (United States)

^d Mental Health Service   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIREFLUX OPERATION; ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENECTOMY; SURGEON; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; ESOPHAGUS; FUNDOPLICATION; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLEEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036843727     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(02)01490-4     Document Type: Article

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