The battle of the sexes: Women win out in gastrointestinal surgery

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Peterson, Carrie Y ^a   Osen, Hayley B ^a   Tran Cao, Hop S ^a   Yu, Peter T ^a   Chang, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

gastrointestinal; gender; outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; COLON SURGERY; DATA BASE; ESOPHAGUS SURGERY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE SURGERY; LIVER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM SURGERY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; STOMACH SURGERY;

EID: 80051553032     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2011.04.017     Document Type: Article

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