Laparoscopy-Assisted Surgery for Colorectal Neoplasm is Justifiable Regardless of Advanced Age

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 51, Issue 55, 2004, Pages 152-155

  Matsuoka, Hiroyoshi ^a   Masaki, Tadahiko ^a   Mori, Toshiyuki ^a   Nakashima, Masanobu ^a   Sugiyama, Masanori ^a   Atomi, Yutaka ^a  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colorectal neoplasm; Elderly patient; Geriatric patient; Laparoscopy assisted surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GERIATRIC SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; COLECTOMY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 10744222053     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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