Impact of surgeon training on outcomes after resective hepatic surgery

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1348-1355

  McKay, Andrew ^a   You, Isabelle ^a   Bigam, David ^b   Lafreniere, Rene ^a   Sutherland, Francis ^a   Ghali, William ^a   Dixon, Elijah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hepatectomy; Liver surgery; Outcome; Postoperative complications; Surgeon training

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; BLEEDING; CANCER MORTALITY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION; LIVER CANCER; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER SURGERY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SEPTICEMIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; SURGEON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SURGERY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 41549139609     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-008-9838-9     Document Type: Article

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