Surgical specialization and operative mortality in Hepato-Pancreatico- Biliary (HPB) surgery

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1534-1539

  Csikesz, Nicholas G ^a   Simons, Jessica P ^a   Tseng, Jennifer F ^a   Shah, Shimul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepato pancreatico biliary surgery; Liver; NIS; Pancreas; Transplant

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LIVER RESECTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS RESECTION; PROBABILITY; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BILIARY TRACT SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEPATECTOMY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PANCREATECTOMY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROBABILITY; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49749115730     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-008-0566-z     Document Type: Article

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