Colorectal cancer surgery in a district general hospital

Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 374-378

  Wakefield, S E ^b   Baigrie, R J ^c   Macleod, A J ^a   Berry, A R ^a  

^a NORTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER SURGERY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RECTUM ANTERIOR RESECTION; RECTUM TUMOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030462553     PISSN: 00358835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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