Impact of resident involvement in neurosurgery: An analysis of 8748 patients from the 2011 American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 962-970

  Lim, Seokchun ^a   Parsa, Andrew T ^b   Kim, Bobby D ^a   Rosenow, Joshua M ^b   Kim, John Y S ^b  

^a ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program; Neurosurgery; Postoperative complications; Resident involvement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMA; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RESIDENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; EDUCATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RISK ADJUSTMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930345896     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2014.11.JNS1494     Document Type: Article

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