Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 3 , Pages 447-452 , March 2001

The influence of surgical specialty training on the outcomes of elective abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery

Received 18 September 2000 ,Accepted 21 November 2000.

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    Relationship between annual volume of elective AAA surgery performed and 30-day risk-adjusted mortality rates categorized by speciality of operating surgeon.

    Relationship between annual volume of elective AAA surgery performed and 30-day risk-adjusted mortality rates categorized by speciality of operating surgeon.

 Competition of interest: nil.

☆☆ ICES is funded by an operating grant from the Ontario Ministry of Health. Dr Tu is supported by a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) New Investigator award. Dr Johnston is the R. Fraser Elliot Chair in Vascular Surgery. The results and conclusions are those of the authors and should not be attributed to any of the sponsoring agencies.

 Reprint requests: Jack V. Tu, MD, PhD, ICES, G106-2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M4N 3M5.

PII: S0741-5214(01)08089-2

doi: 10.1067/mva.2001.113487

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 3 , Pages 447-452 , March 2001