The price of decreased mortality in the operative management of diverticulitis

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1185-1191

  Broderick, Ryan C ^a   Fuchs, Hans F ^a,b   Harnsberger, Cristina R ^a   Chang, David C ^a   McLemore, Elisabeth ^a   Ramamoorthy, Sonia ^a   Horgan, Santiago ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colorectal; Diverticulitis; Outcomes; Population database

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COLON RESECTION; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; ICD-9; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN PARTIAL COLECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; ADOLESCENT; COLONIC DISEASES; ECONOMICS; HOSPITALIZATION; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLECTOMY; COLONIC DISEASES; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938062834     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-014-3791-4     Document Type: Article

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