Validation of POSSUM scoring systems for audit of major hepatectomy

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 450-454

  Lam, C M ^a,b   Fan, S T ^a   Yuen, A W C ^b   Law, W L ^a   Poon, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL AND OPERATIVE SEVERITY SCORE IN THE ENUMERATION OF MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 1842867056     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.4515     Document Type: Article

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