Surgical excision of acoustic neuroma: Patient outcome and provider caseload

Laryngoscope

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1332-1343

  Barker II, Fred G ^a,b   Carter, Bob S ^a,b   Ojemann, Robert G ^a,b   Jyung, Robert W ^b,c   Poe, Dennis S ^b,c   McKenna, Michael J ^b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Mortality; Outcome; Volume of care

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX; SURGEON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; OTOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042624832     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200308000-00013     Document Type: Article

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