Laparoscopically assisted colorectal surgery in the elderly

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 938-941

  Steward, B T ^a,b   Stitz, R W ^a   Lumley, J W ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b WESLEY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032807596     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1999.01160.x     Document Type: Article

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