A National Analysis of the Relationship Between Hospital Volume, Academic Center Status, and Surgical Outcomes for Abdominal Hysterectomy Done for Leiomyoma

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 208, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 599-606

  Juillard, Catherine ^a,b   Lashoher, Angela ^b,c   Sewell, Catherine A ^c   Uddin, Sayeedha ^c   Griffith, John G ^c   Chang, David C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER INJURY; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE INJURY; LEIOMYOMA; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER INJURY; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LEIOMYOMA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 62349098330     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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