The Burden of Gastrointestinal Anastomotic Leaks: An Evaluation of Clinical and Economic Outcomes

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1176-1185

  Hammond, Jeffrey ^a   Lim, Sangtaeck ^a   Wan, Yin ^b   Gao, Xin ^b   Patkar, Anuprita ^a  

^a ETHICON INC   (United States)

^b PHARMERIT INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal surgery; Cost; Health economics; Length of stay; Postoperative anastomotic leak

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANASTOMOTIC LEAK; COLONIC DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RECTAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANASTOMOTIC LEAK; COLONIC DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; RECTAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84901418396     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-014-2506-4     Document Type: Article

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