The relation of annual surgeon case volume to clinical outcomes and resource utilization in abdominal hysterectomy

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 193-202

  Hanstede, Miriam M F ^a,b,c   Wise, Lauren A ^a,b,c   Stewart, Elizabeth A ^a,b,c   Feldman, Sarah ^a,b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Complications; Gynecology; Hysterectomy; obstetrics; Surgery case

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICARE; OPERATION DURATION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SURGEON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS MYOMA; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 66949145833     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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