Hospital volume influences the choice of operation for thyroid cancer

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 96, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1284-1288

  Lifante, J C ^a,b   Duclos, A ^b,c   Couray Targe, S ^b,c   Colin, C ^b,c   Peix, J L ^a,b   Schott, A M ^b,c  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID CANCER; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 70350501259     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.6741     Document Type: Article

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