Perioperative safety and volume: Outcomes relationships in bariatric surgery: A study of 32,000 patients

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 213, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 771-777

  Gould, Jon C ^a   Kent, K Craig ^b   Wan, Yin ^b   Rajamanickam, Victoria ^b   Leverson, Glen ^b   Campos, Guilherme M ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BYPASS SURGERY; GASTRIC BANDING; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY;

ADULT; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; OBESITY, MORBID; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 81855194026     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2011.09.006     Document Type: Article

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