What is a surgical complication?

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 939-941

  Dindo, Daniel ^a   Clavien, Pierre Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 43949137908     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-008-9584-y     Document Type: Editorial

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