Relationship between surgeon caseload and sphincter preservation in patients with rectal cancer

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 195-204

  Purves, Harriett ^a   Pietrobon, Ricardo ^a   Hervey, Sheleika ^a   Guller, Ulrich ^a,b   Miller, William ^c   Ludwig, Kirk ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominoperineal resection; Rectal cancer; Sphincter sparing procedure; Surgeon caseload; Volume outcomes research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DATA BASE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RACE; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RECTUM CANCER; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGEON;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 17744381352     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-0793-7     Document Type: Article

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