Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 207, Issue 3 , Pages 312-319 , September 2008

Racial Disparity in Surgical Mortality after Major Hepatectomy

Presented at the American College of Surgeons 93rd Annual Clinical Congress, New Orleans, LA, October 2007.

  • Hari Nathan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
    • ,
  • Wayne Frederick, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Howard University School of Medicine, Washington, DC
    • ,
  • Michael A. Choti, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
    • ,
  • Richard D. Schulick, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
    • ,
  • Timothy M. Pawlik, MD, MPH, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence address: Timothy M Pawlik, MD, MPH, FACS, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 North Wolfe St, Halsted 614, Baltimore, MD, 21287

Received 9 November 2007 ,Revised 3 April 2008 ,Accepted 8 April 2008.

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 Disclosure Information: Nothing to disclose.

 Drs Nathan and Pawlik are supported by grant number 1KL2RR025006–01 from the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and NIH Roadmap for Medical Research. The contents of this publication are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official view of NCRR or NIH.

PII: S1072-7515(08)00390-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2008.04.015

Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 207, Issue 3 , Pages 312-319 , September 2008

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