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Surgical trends for benign ovarian tumors among hospitals of different accreditation levels: An 11-year nationwide population-based descriptive study in Taiwan
Surgical trends for benign ovarian tumors among hospitals of different accreditation levels: An 11-year nationwide population-based descriptive study in Taiwan
- Source :
- Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Vol 52, Iss 4, Pp 498-504 (2013)
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- Elsevier, 2013.
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Abstract
- Objective: Using a population-based nationwide database, we describe the changing surgical trends for laparoscopy or laparotomy for benign ovarian tumors among hospitals of different accreditation levels in Taiwan (medical centers, regional hospitals, and local hospitals). Materials and methods: Women who had National Health Insurance and received either laparoscopy or laparotomy as the primary surgery for benign ovarian tumors in Taiwan during 1999–2009 were identified for analysis. Results: In total, 135,793 women who received either laparotomic (39,779) or laparoscopic surgery (96,014) for benign ovarian pathology were identified. The increase in annual laparoscopy number from 7176 in 1999 to 11,046 in 2009 was significant according to a log-linear regression test (p
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Laparoscopic surgery
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment
Population
Taiwan
laparoscopy
Hospitals, Community
lcsh:Gynecology and obstetrics
Accreditation
Sex Factors
laparotomy
oophorectomy
Laparotomy
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
medicine
Humans
Practice Patterns, Physicians'
education
Laparoscopy
lcsh:RG1-991
Retrospective Studies
Ovarian Neoplasms
Academic Medical Centers
education.field_of_study
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
General surgery
Age Factors
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Oophorectomy
Middle Aged
benign ovarian tumor
National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD)
Adnexal Diseases
Concomitant
Female
business
Hospital accreditation
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10284559
- Volume :
- 52
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....5fcd647e738c2ec3ade1650f529b966b