Postoperative stay associated with prognosis of patients with colorectal cancer

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 223, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 351-356

  Tartter, Paul Ian ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0029883674     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199604000-00002     Document Type: Article

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