Surgeon knowledge contributes to the relationship between surgeon volume and patient outcomes in rectal cancer

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 257, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 295-301

  Richardson, Devon P ^a   Porter, Geoff A ^a   Johnson, Paul M ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

patient outcomes; rectal cancer; volume outcome relationship

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; COLOSTOMY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RECTUM CARCINOMA; SURGEON;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RECTAL NEOPLASMS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84872295557     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31825ffdca     Document Type: Article

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