The Effect of the Volume of Procedures at Transplantation Centers on Mortality after Liver Transplantation
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- 30 December 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in The New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 341 (27), 2049-2053
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199912303412703
Abstract
For many complex surgical procedures there is an association between a low volume of procedures and an increased risk of death for the patients who undergo the procedures.Keywords
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