Risk adjusted benchmarking of clinical anastomotic leakage rate after total mesorectal excision in the context of an improvement project

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Penninckx, F ^a   Beirens, K ^b   Fieuws, S ^c   Ceelen, W ^a   Demetter, P ^a   Haustermans, K ^a   Van de Stadt, J ^a   Vindevoghel, K ^a  

^a PROCARE p/a Foundation Belgian Cancer Registry   (Belgium)

^b Belgian Cancer Registry ^*  (Belgium)

^c KU LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anastomotic leak; Audit; Benchmarking; Colorectal surgergy; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER SURGERY; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM SURGERY; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; TOTAL MESORECTAL EXCISION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOTIC LEAK; BELGIUM; BENCHMARKING; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; REOPERATION; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862151675     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2012.02977.x     Document Type: Article

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