Impact of surgical volume on nationwide hospital mortality after pancreaticoduodenectomy

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 18, Issue 31, 2012, Pages 4175-4181

  Kim, Chul Gyu ^a   Jo, Sungho ^b   Kim, Jae Sun ^c  

^a Chongju University   (South Korea)

^b Dankook University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Health Insurance Review Agency   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Databases; Factual; Hospital mortality; Logistic models; Pancreaticoduodenectomy; Risk factors; South Korea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DEATH; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PERIAMPULLARY CANCER; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 84867718263     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i31.4175     Document Type: Article

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