Laparoscopic surgery: An excellent approach in elderly patients

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 138, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1083-1088

  Weber, Diana Marie ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ACIDEMIA; AGED; ANTIREFLUX OPERATION; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL DISEASE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GALLSTONE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL RADIOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; COLONIC DISEASES; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 0141958350     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.138.10.1083     Document Type: Review

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