Surgeon volume trumps specialty: Outcomes from 3596 pediatric cholecystectomies

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 673-680

  Chen, Kesi ^a   Cheung, Kevin ^b   Sosa, Julie A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gallbladder; HCUP NIS; Outcomes; Pediatric cholecystectomy; Surgeon specialty; Surgeon volume

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECIALIZATION; SURGEON; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEDIATRICS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859738983     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: 15315037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2011.10.054     Document Type: Article

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