Factors influencing the quality of total mesorectal excision

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 714-720

  Garlipp, B ^a,b   Ptok, H ^a,d   Schmidt, U ^c   Stubs P ^b   Scheidbach, H ^a,e   Meyer, F ^a,b   Gastinger, I ^a   Lippert, H ^a,b  

^a Institute for Quality Assurance in Surgical Care   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MAGDEBURG   (Germany)

^c StatConsult GmbH   (Germany)

^d Carl Thiem Hospital   (Germany)

^e Abdominal and Thoracic Surgery   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; RECTUM; RECTUM TUMOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGED; COLORECTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84859606801     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.8692     Document Type: Article

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