With adequate supervision, the grade of the operating surgeon is not a determinant of outcome for patients undergoing urgent colorectal surgery

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 760-765

  Hawkins, William J ^a,b   Moorthy, K M ^a   Tighe, D ^a   Yoong, K ^a   Patel, R T ^a  

^a RUSSELLS HALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEW CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal surgery; Emergency surgery; Supervision; Training

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHILD; CLINICAL SUPERVISION; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; TREATMENT INDICATION; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLONIC DISEASES; COLORECTAL SURGERY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTAL DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36649015564     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588407X209257     Document Type: Article

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