Influence of age on mortality of colon surgery

The American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 1985, Pages 65-70

  Greenburg, A Gerson ^a   Saik, Richard P ^a   Pridham, Dwight ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON SURGERY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GERIATRIC SURGERY; HUMAN; LARGE INTESTINE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL RISK; THERAPY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; COLECTOMY; COLONIC DISEASES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLOSTOMY; ELECTROLYTES; EMERGENCIES; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK;

EID: 0021854370     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9610(85)90011-X     Document Type: Article

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