Trends in adrenalectomy rates, indications, and physician volume: A statewide analysis of 1816 adrenalectomies

Surgery

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1011-1021

  Gallagher, Scott F ^a   Wahi, Monika ^a   Haines, Krista L ^a   Baksh, Kathryn ^a   Enriquez, Jonathan ^a   Lee, Tien Min ^a   Murr, Michel M ^a   Fabri, P Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT INDICATION; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL GLAND DISEASES; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 36549075053     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2007.09.024     Document Type: Article

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