Journal article
A population-based cohort examining factors affecting all-cause morbidity and cost after pediatric appendectomy: Does annual adult procedure volume matter?
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to examine factors affecting morbidity and cost after pediatric appendectomy and particularly the role of adult surgical volume.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: This was population-based study including all pediatric patients who underwent appendectomy for appendicitis in Canada (excluding Quebec) from 2008 to 2015. All-cause morbidity was the main outcome of interest. Cost of the index admission (in 2014 …
Authors
Bos C; Doumouras AG; Akhtar-Danesh G-G; Flageole H; Hong D
Journal
The American Journal of Surgery, Vol. 218, No. 3, pp. 619–623
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
September 2019
DOI
10.1016/j.amjsurg.2018.12.021
ISSN
0002-9610