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SUBMITTER: Mahmoudi E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5598770 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mahmoudi Elham E Lu Yiwen Y Chang Shu-Chen SC Lin Chia-Yu CY Wang Yi-Chun YC Chang Chee Jen CJ Cheng Ming-Huei MH Chung Kevin C KC
Plastic and reconstructive surgery 20170901 3
<h4>Background</h4>Greater hospital case volumes are associated with improved outcomes for high-risk procedures. The hospital-outcome association for complex but low-mortality procedures and the association between surgeon versus hospital case volume and surgical outcomes have been less explored. The authors examined the association between surgeon and hospital volume and the success for free tissue transfer (free flap) surgery. The authors hypothesized that there would be positive associations ...[more]