Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 195, Issue 6 , Pages 814-821 , December 2002

Surgeon volume as an indicator of outcomes after carotid endarterectomy: An effect independent of specialty practice and hospital volume

This work was presented at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Society of University Surgeons, Residents’ Forum, Honolulu, HI, February 2002.

  • John A Cowan Jr, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery (Cowan, Thompson), University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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  • Justin B Dimick, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery (Dimick, Stanley, Upchurch), University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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  • B.Gregory Thompson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery (Cowan, Thompson), University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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  • James C Stanley, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery (Dimick, Stanley, Upchurch), University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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  • Gilbert R Upchurch Jr, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery (Dimick, Stanley, Upchurch), University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence address: Gilbert R Upchurch Jr, MD, 1500 East Medical Center Dr, Taubman Center 2210, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0329, USA.

Received 20 March 2002 ,Revised 10 July 2002 ,Accepted 15 July 2002.

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 No competing interests declared.

PII: S1072-7515(02)01345-5

Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 195, Issue 6 , Pages 814-821 , December 2002