Morbidity and mortality after hepatic and pancreatic resections: Results from one surgeon at a low-volume urban hospital over thirty years

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 201, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 438-444

  Schwartz, Gary S ^a   Swan, Ryan Z ^a   Ruangvoravat, Lucy ^a   Attiyeh, Fadi F ^a  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatic resection; Hospital volume; Pancreatic resection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS DEHISCENCE; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT INJURY; BILE LEAKAGE; CHOLESTASIS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER ISCHEMIA; LIVER RESECTION; LOBECTOMY; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PANCREAS ABSCESS; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREAS FISTULA; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PHLEBITIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; STOMACH EMPTYING; SURGEON; URBAN AREA; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PANCREATECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952907141     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2010.10.005     Document Type: Article

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