Laparoscopic cholecystectomy: Quality of care and benchmarking. Results of a single-institution specialized in laparoscopy compared with those of a nationwide study in Switzerland

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 300-305

  Muller B P ^a   Holzinger, F ^a   Leepin, H ^a   Klaiber, C ^a  

^a Kantonsspital St Gallen ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Laparoscopy; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REOPERATION; SWITZERLAND; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BENCHMARKING; CHILD; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0037315487     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-002-9030-4     Document Type: Article

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