Volume-outcome relationship in pancreatic surgery: The situation in Germany

Surgery (United States)

Volumn 152, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2012, Pages

  Alsfasser, Guido ^a   Kittner, Julia ^a   Eisold, Sven ^a   Klar, Ernst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; PANCREAS SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLUME OUTCOME RELATIONSHIP;

DATA COLLECTION; GERMANY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; PANCREAS; PANCREATECTOMY; REOPERATION;

EID: 84865265265     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2012.05.011     Document Type: Article

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