Esophagectomy in the state of Florida: Is regionalization of care warranted?

American Surgeon

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 291-295

  Ben David, Kfir ^a   Ang, Darwin ^a   Grobmyer, Stephen R ^a   Liu, Huazhi ^a   Kim, Tad ^a   Hochwald, Steven N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; REGIONALIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ANASTOMOTIC LEAK; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING; REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863157695     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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