Does surgeon fatigue influence outcomes after anterior resection for rectal cancer?

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 195, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 684-688

  Schieman, Colin ^a   MacLean, Anthony R ^a   Buie, W Donald ^a   Rudmik, Luke R ^a   Ghali, William A ^a,b   Dixon, Elijah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anterior resection; Complications; Outcomes; Rectal cancer; Surgeon fatigue; Work hours

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; FATIGUE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL ERROR; OPERATION DURATION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM ANTERIOR RESECTION; RECTUM CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; WORK SCHEDULE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKLOAD;

EID: 42049090983     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2008.01.009     Document Type: Article

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