Surgeon age and operative mortality in the United States.

Jennifer F. Waljee; Lazar J Greenfield; Justin B. Dimick; John D. Birkmeyer

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Surgeon age and operative mortality in the United States.

March 3, 2011

Waljee JF, Greenfield LJ, Dimick JB, et al. Transactions of the .. Meeting of the American Surgical Association. 2006;124.

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The investigators analyzed the relationship between surgeon age and operative risk and conclude that, in general, surgeon age was not an important risk factor for patient mortality.

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