Adding days spent in readmission to the initial postoperative length of stay limits the perceived benefit of laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy when compared with open distal pancreatectomy

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 201, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 295-300

  Baker, Marshall S ^a   Bentrem, David J ^b   Ujiki, Michael B ^a   Stocker, Susan ^a   Talamonti, Mark S ^a  

^a NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM   (United States)

^b JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic distal Pancreatectomy; Open distal Pancreatectomy; Pancreas neoplasm; Pancreatic fistula; Postoperative Readmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; PANCREAS FISTULA; PANCREAS RESECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; AGED; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILEUS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; ISCHEMIA; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATECTOMY; PANCREATIC DISEASES; PANCREATIC FISTULA; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATITIS; PATIENT READMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLEEN; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952151280     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2010.09.014     Document Type: Article

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