The Effect of Surgical Volume and the Provision of Residency and Fellowship Training on Complications of Major Hepatic Resection

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1981-1989

  Kohn, Geoffrey Paul ^a   Nikfarjam, Mehrdad ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Charlson index; Fellowship; Major hepatectomy; Morbidity; Mortality; Residency; Surgical volume; Volume outcome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LIVER RESECTION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; STATISTICS;

FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 78649710028     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-010-1310-z     Document Type: Article

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