Association between postoperative complications and reoperation for patients undergoing geriatric surgery and the effect of reoperation on mortality

American Surgeon

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1137-1142

  Chow, Warren B ^a,b   Merkow, Ryan P ^b   Cohen, Mark E ^b   Bilimoria, Karl Y ^c   Ko, Clifford ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; COLON RESECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC SURGERY; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS RESECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; REOPERATION; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT INDICATION; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION;

EID: 84866756411     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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