Intestinal obstruction in the elderly. Causes, operations, postoperative complications and risk factors;L'occlusione intestinale nel paziente grande anziano: Cause, interventi, complicanze postoperatorie e fattori di rischio

Minerva Chirurgica

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 965-969

  Di Palo, S ^a,b   Giangreco, L ^a   Staudacher, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elderly; Intestinal obstruction; Postoperative complications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON TUMOR; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HERNIA INCARCERATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030460719     PISSN: 00264733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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