A comparison of the hospital costs of open vs. minimally invasive surgical management of necrotizing pancreatitis

HPB

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 178-184

  Beenen, Edwin ^a   Brown, Lisa ^a   Connor, Saxon ^a  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

necrosectomy; pancreas; retroperitoneal; surgery

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC PANCREATITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; WARD;

EID: 79951677018     PISSN: 1365182X     EISSN: 14772574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-2574.2010.00267.x     Document Type: Article

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