Effect of hospital volume, surgeon experience, and surgeon volume on patient outcomes after pancreaticoduodenectomy: A single-institution experience

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 145, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 634-640

  Schmidt, C Max ^a   Turrini, Olivier ^a   Parikh, Purvi ^a   House, Michael G ^a   Zyromski, Nicholas J ^a   Nakeeb, Atilla ^a   Howard, Thomas J ^a   Pitt, Henry A ^a   Lillemoe, Keith D ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB EXPERIENCE; LEARNING; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS FISTULA; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SURGEON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; BENCHMARKING; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INDIANA; LEARNING; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PANCREATIC FISTULA; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77955008946     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2010.118     Document Type: Article

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