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The Importance of Surgeon Experience for Clinical and Economic Outcomes From Thyroidectomy
Annals of Surgery · 1998 · Vol. 228(3) · pp. 320–330
Julie Ann Sosa✉Helen M. Bowman(Johns Hopkins University)James M. Tielsch(Johns Hopkins University)Neil R. PoweToby A. GordonRobert Udelsman(Johns Hopkins University)
Abstract
Individual surgeon experience is significantly associated with complication rates and length of stay for thyroidectomy.
Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical OutcomesThyroid and Parathyroid SurgeryRadiation Dose and ImagingMedicineEndocrine surgeryThyroidectomyGeneral surgerySurgeryComplicationThyroidInternal medicine
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Clinical CompetenceCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPostoperative ComplicationsGeneral SurgeryThyroid DiseasesThyroidectomyMultivariate AnalysisTreatment Outcome
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