Does hospital surgical volume affect in-hospital outcomes in surgically treated pelvic and acetabular fractures?

Bulletin of the NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 282-289

  Genuario, James ^a   Koval, Kenneth J ^a,b   Cantu, Robert V ^a   Spratt, Kevin F ^a,b  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETABULUM FRACTURE; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLADDER INJURY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; ILEUS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NERVE INJURY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIS FRACTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCIATIC NERVE; SHOCK LUNG; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACETABULUM; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, BONE; HEALTH FACILITY SIZE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PELVIC BONES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 58149247904     PISSN: 19369719     EISSN: 19369727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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