Feasibility of pancreaticoduodenectomy in a nonuniversity tertiary care center: What are the key elements of success?

American Surgeon

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 545-551

  Khithani, Amit ^a   Christian, Derick ^a   Lowe, Kevin ^a   Saad, A Joe ^a   Linder, Jeffrey D ^a   Tarnasky, Paul ^a   Jeyarajah, D Rohan ^a  

^a METHODIST DALLAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION RESEARCH; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; NONUNIVERSITY TERTIARY CARE CENTER; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PYLORUS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TISSUE PRESERVATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BENCHMARKING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKLOAD;

EID: 79958144986     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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