Outcomes in pancreatic resection are negatively influenced by pre-operative hospitalization

HPB

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-65

  Pratt, Wande B ^a   Vollmer, Charles M ^a   Callery, Mark P ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical pathway; Complications; Costs; Pancreatic cancer; Pancreatic resection; Pancreaticoduodenectomy; Quality; Surgical outcomes

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREATITIS; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH OBSTRUCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65749103591     PISSN: 1365182X     EISSN: 14772574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-2574.2008.00012.x     Document Type: Article

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