The effect of surgical training and hospital characteristics on patient outcomes after pediatric surgery: A systematic review

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2119-2127

  Evans, Ceri ^a   Van Woerden, Hugo C ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appendicectomy; Centralization; General Surgery; Pyloromyotomy; Specialization

Indexed keywords

APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; EMBASE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDLINE; MORBIDITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYLOROMYOTOMY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEDICINE; PEDIATRICS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PYLORIC STENOSIS, HYPERTROPHIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80855136435     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: 15315037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2011.06.033     Document Type: Review

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