Hospital volume: Operative morbidity, mortality and survival in thoracotomy for lung cancer. A Spanish multicenter study of 2994 cases

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 20-25

  Freixinet, Jorge L ^a   Julià Serdà, Gabriel ^a   Rodríguez, Pedro M ^a   Santana, Norberto B ^a   De Castro, Felipe Rodríguez ^a   Fiuza, María Dolores ^a   López Encuentra, Angel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GRAN CANARIA DR NEGRÍN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Morbidity; Mortality; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG RESECTION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL TIME; THORACOTOMY;

AGED; CARCINOMA, BRONCHOGENIC; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 29244453509     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2005.10.014     Document Type: Article

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