Surgeon volume metrics in laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2398-2405

  Csikesz, Nicholas G ^a   Singla, Anand ^a   Murphy, Melissa M ^a   Tseng, Jennifer F ^a   Shah, Shimul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute cholecystitis; Gall bladder; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Propensity scores

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURGEON;

CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLECYSTITIS, ACUTE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIANS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954426892     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-009-1035-6     Document Type: Article

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