The Effect of Hospital and Surgeon Volume on Outcomes for Rectal Cancer Surgery

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1185-1193

  Salz, Talya ^a   Sandler, Robert S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLOSTOMY; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM RESECTION; RECTUM SURGERY; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; STOMA; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HEALTH FACILITY SIZE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 55149123960     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2008.05.023     Document Type: Review

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