Surgery in the aged in Korea

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 18-23

  Kim, Jin Pok ^a   Kim, Soo Jin ^a   Lee, Joo Ho ^a   Kim, Sung Won ^a   Choi, Min Gew ^a   Yu, Hang Jong ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ACUTE ABDOMEN; AGED; AGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; APPENDICITIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 0031962517     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.133.1.18     Document Type: Review

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