Surgeon's intuition: Is it enough to assess patients' surgical risk?

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1909-1911

  Clavien, Pierre Alain ^a   Dindo, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APACHE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTUITION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGEON; SURGICAL RISK;

HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 34548667958     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-007-9145-9     Document Type: Editorial

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