Epidemiological study of the relationship between volume and outcome after abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery in the UK from 2000 to 2005

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 441-448

  Holt, P J E ^a   Poloniecki, J D ^a   Loftus, I M ^a   Michaels, J A ^a   Thompson, M M ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 34247187391     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.5725     Document Type: Article

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