The Relationship Between Volume and Outcome Following Elective Open Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (AAA) in 131 German Hospitals

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 260-266

  Eckstein, H H ^a   Bruckner, T ^b   Heider, P ^a   Wolf, O ^a   Hanke, M ^a   Niedermeier, H P ^c   Noppeney, T ^c   Umscheid, T ^c   Wenk, H ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c German Society for Vascular Surgery   (Germany)

Author keywords

AAA repair; Outcomes; Perioperative complications; Perioperative mortality; Workload

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; GERMANY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; GERMANY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MORTALITY; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 34547667339     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2007.05.006     Document Type: Article

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