Carcinoma of the splenic flexure: Multivariate analysis of predictive factors for clinicopathological characteristics and outcome after surgery

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 528-535

  Nakagoe, Tohru ^a   Sawai, Terumitsu ^a   Tsuji, Takashi ^a   Jibiki, Masamitsu ^a   Nanashima, Atsushi ^a   Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki ^a   Yasutake, Toru ^a   Ayabe, Hikoyoshi ^a   Ishikawa, Hiroshi ^b  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Sasebo Shiritsu Sogo Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colon cancers; Colonic obstruction; Splenic flexure; Surgical outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON CARCINOMA; COLON OBSTRUCTION; COLON SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033926502     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005350070076     Document Type: Article

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