Surgeon Volume Plays a Significant Role in Outcomes and Cost Following Open Incisional Hernia Repair

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 100-110

  Aquina, Christopher T ^a   Kelly, Kristin N ^a   Probst, Christian P ^a   Iannuzzi, James C ^a   Noyes, Katia ^a   Langstein, Howard N ^a   Monson, John R T ^a   Fleming, Fergal J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Incisional hernia; Outcomes; Ventral hernia; Volume outcome relationship

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECONOMICS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; LOW VOLUME HOSPITAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HOSPITALS, LOW-VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATIVE TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84938988508     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: 18734626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-014-2627-9     Document Type: Article

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