Value of Qualitative Research in Colorectal Surgery

C Ann Vitous¹, Srinivas Joga Ivatury², Pasithorn A Suwanabol^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Centers for Healthcare Outcomes and Policy, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
² Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire.
³ Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

C Ann Vitous et al. Dis Colon Rectum. 2021.

. 2021 Dec 1;64(12):1444-1446.

doi: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000002053.

C Ann Vitous¹, Srinivas Joga Ivatury², Pasithorn A Suwanabol^{1

3}

¹ Centers for Healthcare Outcomes and Policy, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
² Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire.
³ Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

No abstract available

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