Volume and outcome relationship in bariatric surgery in the laparoscopic era

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 4539-4546

  Jafari, Mehraneh D ^a   Jafari, Fariba ^a   Young, Monica T ^a   Smith, Brian R ^a   Phalen, Michael J ^b   Nguyen, Ninh T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Ringgold Standard Institution Informatics   (United States)

Author keywords

Accreditation; Bariatric surgery; Laparoscopic stapling; Obesity; Quality control; Surgical outcomes; Volume

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ADULT; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LOW VOLUME HOSPITAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL STAPLING;

ADULT; BARIATRIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HOSPITALS, LOW-VOLUME; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OBESITY, MORBID; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84890127821     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-013-3112-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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