Surgical complications exert a lasting effect on disease-specific health-related quality of life for patients with colorectal cancer

Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 119-125

  Anthony, Thomas ^a,b   Long, Joshua ^a   Hynan, Linda S ^a   Sarosi Jr , George A ^a   Nwariaku, Fiemu ^a   Huth, James ^a   Jones, Charlene ^a   Parker, Betty J N ^a   Rege, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA North Texas Health Care Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL RISK; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0041827173     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/msy.2003.212     Document Type: Article

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