Racial Differences in Short-term Surgical Outcomes Following Surgery for Diverticulitis

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 613-621

  Alavi, Karim ^a,b   Cervera Servin, J A ^a   Sturrock, Paul R ^a   Sweeney, W B ^a   Maykel, Justin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities in care; Diverticulitis; Laparoscopy; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON RESECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

COLECTOMY; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856746499     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-011-1787-0     Document Type: Article

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