Does resident involvement effect surgical times and complication rates during laparoscopic appendectomy for uncomplicated appendicitis? An analysis of 16,849 cases from the ACS-NSQIP

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 203, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 347-352

  Advani, Vriti ^a   Ahad, Sajida ^a   Gonczy, Chad ^a   Markwell, Steven ^a   Hassan, Imran ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Laparoscopic appendectomy; NSQIP; Resident; Surgical times

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY MASS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PNEUMONIA; POSTGRADUATE STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; RESUSCITATION; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; STROKE; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857525861     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2011.08.015     Document Type: Article

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