Similarity of operation times for common general surgical procedures in the United Kingdom and the United States [3]

Anesthesiology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 512-513

  Pandit, Jaideep J ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANESTHESIST; DATA BASE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; INCIDENCE; LETTER; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RECORD; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; UROLOGICAL PROCEDURES;

AGED; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MEDICARE; OPERATING ROOMS; PENNSYLVANIA; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548219557     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.anes.0000279488.09671.10     Document Type: Letter

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