Laparoscopic colectomy: At what cost?

Surgical Laparoscopy and Endoscopy

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 1-5

  Musser, David J ^a   Boorse, Richard C ^a   Madera, Fred ^a   Reed, James F ^a  

^a LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Costs; Laparoscopic colectomy; Mortality and morbidity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON CANCER; COLON RESECTION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0028158298     PISSN: 10517200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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