Risk adjustment is crucial in comparing outcomes of various surgical modalities in patients with ileal perforation

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Using crude mortality and morbidity rates for comparing outcomes can be misleading. The aim of the present study was to compare the outcome of various surgical modalities without and with risk adjustment using Physiologic and Operati...

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Main Authors: Arya Satyavrat, Singh Tanveer, Mohil Ravindra, Bhatnagar Dinesh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-11-01
Series:Patient Safety in Surgery
Online Access:http://www.pssjournal.com/content/2/1/31