title: The challenge of small numbers to the contemporary excellence of elective specialty surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Louisville School of Medicine and Price Institute of Surgical Research and Quality Surgical Solutions, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA.
authors.forename: Hiram C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Polk
mesh_terms: D017558:Elective Surgical Procedures / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013502:General Surgery / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D014481:United States