Routine leak testing in colorectal surgery in the surgical care and outcomes assessment program

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 345-351

  Kwon, Steve ^a   Morris, Arden ^e   Billingham, Richard ^b   Frankhouse, Joseph ^f   Horvath, Karen ^a   Johnson, Morrie ^c   McNevin, Shane ^j   Simons, Anthony ^h   Symons, Rebecca ^a   Steele, Scott ⁱ   Thirlby, Richard ^d   Whiteford, Mark ^g   Flum, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Valley Medical Center   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f LEGACY GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g Oregon Clinic   (United States)

^h St John Medical Center   (United States)

ⁱ MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j Surgical Specialists of Spokane   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL ANASTOMOSIS; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL RECORD; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM RESECTION; RISK; SCREENING;

ANASTOMOTIC LEAK; COLORECTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84859997838     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2012.12     Document Type: Article

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