The effect of technical performance on patient outcomes in surgery

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 265, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 492-501

  Fecso, Andras B ^a   Szasz, Peter ^a   Kerezov, Georgi ^a   Grantcharov, Teodor P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

intraoperative technical performance; postoperative patient outcomes; surgery; systematic review

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMBASE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION RESEARCH STUDY QUALITY INSTRUMENT; MEDLINE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCINFO; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SURGICAL PATIENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STANDARDS; SURGEON; SURGERY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SURGEONS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84983041542     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000001959     Document Type: Review

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