Influence of surgeon's volume on early outcome after total gastrectomy

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 168, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 535-538

  Fujita, Tetsujl ^a,b   Yamazaki, Yoji ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hospital volume; Morbidity; Mortality; Multivariate analysis; Number of operations; Residency; Staff surgeon; Trainee

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH CANCER; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURGERY;

EID: 0037000134     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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