Death after bowel resection: Patient disease, not surgeon error

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 137-141

  Hyman, Neil H ^a   Cataldo, Peter A ^a   Burns, Elizabeth H ^a   Shackford, Steven R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bowel resection; Complication; Mortality; Quality

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; ENTEROPATHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57849121984     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-008-0609-5     Document Type: Article

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