Less-invasive surgery for gastric cancer prolongs survival in patients over 80 years of age

Surgery Today

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 842-848

  Haga, Yoshio ^a   Yagi, Yasushi ^b   Ogawa, Michio ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; Elderly; Postoperative complication; Surgical stress; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTRECTOMY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STOMACH CANCER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0032888622     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02482773     Document Type: Article

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