The inpatient burden of abdominal and gynecological adhesiolysis in the US

BMC Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Sikirica, Vanja ^a   Bapat, Bela ^b   Candrilli, Sean D ^b   Davis, Keith L ^b   Wilson, Malcolm ^c   Johns, Alan ^d  

^a SHIRE   (United States)

^b RTI HEALTH SOLUTIONS   (United States)

^c CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Texas Health Care   (United States)

Author keywords

abdominal; adhesiolysis; Adhesions; burden of illness; gynecological; hospitalizations

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TISSUE ADHESION; UNITED STATES;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE ADHESIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958067535     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2482-11-13     Document Type: Article

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