Incremental cost of complications in colectomy: A warranty guided approach to surgical quality improvement

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 207, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 422-426

  Asgeirsson, Theodor ^a   Jebri, Nezar ^a   Feo, Leandro ^a   Kerwel, Therese ^a   Luchtefeld, Martin ^a   Senagore, Anthony J ^b  

^a Department of Colorectal Surgery Spectrum Health ^*  (United States)

^b CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colectomy; Complication; Cost; Surgical Quality; Warranty

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE ILEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL INFECTION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

COLECTOMY; COMPLICATION; COST; SURGICAL QUALITY; WARRANTY;

AGED; COLECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84895419014     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2013.11.002     Document Type: Article

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