Impact of surgeon and hospital volumes on short-term postoperative complications after radical hysterectomy for cervical cancer

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 699-705

  Yasunaga, Hideo ^a   Nishii, Osamu ^a   Hirai, Yasuo ^b   Ochiai, Kazunori ^c   Matsuyama, Yutaka ^d   Ohe, Kazuhiko ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY MIZONOKUCHI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c CANCER INSTITUTE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hospital volume; Radical hysterectomy; Surgeon volume; Volume outcome relationship

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY; SKILL; SURGEON; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TIME FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 70049115555     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2009.01027.x     Document Type: Article

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