Does anastomotic leak contribute to high failure-to-rescue rates?

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 263, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1148-1151

  Tevis, Sarah E ^a   Carchman, Evie H ^a   Foley, Eugene F ^a   Heise, Charles P ^a   Harms, Bruce A ^a   Kennedy, Gregory D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anastomotic leak; Failure to rescue

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; FAILURE TO RESCUE (HEALTH CARE); FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE PREPARATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ANASTOMOTIC LEAK; COLECTOMY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84947751097     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000001409     Document Type: Article

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