Hospital and geographic variability in two colorectal cancer surgery outcomes: Complications and mortality after complications

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2659-2666

  Schootman, M ^a,b   Lian, M ^c   Pruitt, S L ^d,e   Hendren, S ^f   Mutch, M ^b,c   Deshpande, A D ^b,c   Jeffe, D B ^b,c   Davidson, N O ^b,c  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEMICOLECTOMY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POVERTY; PROCTOCOLECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; VERY ELDERLY; ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TRENDS;

ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84905108702     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-013-3472-x     Document Type: Article

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