Reduced medical costs achieved after elective oncological colorectal surgery by early feeding and fewer scheduled examinations

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 747-750

  Aihara, Hiroyuki ^a   Kawamura, Yutaka J ^a   Konishi, Fumio ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colorectal surgery; Early feeding; Medical cost; Postoperative management

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEEDING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT MONITORING; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EATING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0141786906     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-002-1140-1     Document Type: Article

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