Cost of open versus laparoscopically assisted right hemicolectomy for cancer

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 214-217

  Philipson, Bertil M ^a   Bokey, E Leslie ^a,b   Moore, James W E ^a   Chapuis, Pierre H ^a   Bagge, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b University of Sydney Clinical Sciences Building   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEMICOLECTOMY; HOSPITAL CHARGE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE CANCER; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY;

COLECTOMY; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031034630     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002689900219     Document Type: Article

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