In hospital outcomes after pancreatectomies: An analysis of a national database from 1996 to 2004

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 156-160

  Turaga, Kiran ^a   Kaushik, Manas ^b   Forse, R Armour ^a   Sasson, Aaron R ^c  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

High volume; Outcomes; Pancreatic resection; Whipple

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; COMORBIDITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PANCREATECTOMY; PANCREATIC DISEASES; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 50949114756     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.21099     Document Type: Article

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