Volume versus outcome when treating abdominal aortic aneurysm electively - Is there evidence to centralise?

Scandinavian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 154-159

  Troëng, Thomas ^a,b  

^a BLEKINGE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Perioperative mortality; Threshold values for outcome; Volume mortality in aneurysm repairs; Volume mortality relationship; Volume outcome relationship

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; CENTRALIZATION; DATA EXTRACTION; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDLINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44949092587     PISSN: 14574969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/145749690809700217     Document Type: Article

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