Is there any evidence of a "July effect" in patients undergoing major cancer surgery?

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 82-88

  Ravi, Praful ^a   Trinh, Vincent Q ^b   Sun, Maxine ^b   Sammon, Jesse ^a   Sukumar, Shyam ^a   Gervais, Mai Kim ^c   Shariat, Shahrokh F ^d   Kim, Simon P ^e   Kowalczyk, Keith J ^f   Hu, Jim C ^g   Menon, Mani ^a   Karakiewicz, Pierre I ^b   Trinh, Quoc Dien ^a,b  

^a Vattikuti Urology Institute   (United States)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^f GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NORTH AMERICA; PERIODICITY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NORTH AMERICA; PERIODICITY; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84900866615     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: 14882310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cjs.002713     Document Type: Article

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