Systematic review and meta-analysis on the influence of surgeon specialization on outcomes following appendicectomy in children

Medicine (United States)

Volumn 94, Issue 32, 2015, Pages

  Healy, Donagh A ^a   Doyle, Dominic ^a   Moynagh, Elvin ^a   Maguire, Michael ^a   Ahmed, Iftikhar ^a   Ahmed, Ahmed S ^a   Caldwell, Martin ^a   O'Hanrahan, Tim ^a   Walsh, Stewart R ^b   Mayr, Johannes ^c  

^a SLIGO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRIC SURGEON; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PEDIATRIC WARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIALIZATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; INFANT; MEDICINE; META ANALYSIS; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICINE; PEDIATRICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84942427877     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: 15365964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000001352     Document Type: Article

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