Effect of meeting leapfrog volume thresholds on complication rates following complex surgical procedures

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 251, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 377-383

  Allareddy, Veerasathpurush ^a   Ward, Marcia M ^a   Allareddy, Veerajalandhar ^b   Konety, Badrinath R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DESCENDING AORTA SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEART DISEASE; HEMATOMA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PANCREAS RESECTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEPTICEMIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; VASCULAR DISEASE; WOUND; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS;

AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 77449149213     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181cb853f     Document Type: Article

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