Emergency bowel surgery in the elderly

Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 189-193

  Külah, Bahadir ^a   Gülgez, Bariş ^a   Özmen, M Mahir ^a   Özer, M Vasfi ^a   Coşkun, Faruk ^a,b  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bowel; Elderly; Emergency surgery

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTESTINE CANCER; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE PERFORATION; INTESTINE SURGERY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PERITONITIS; SIGMOID VOLVULUS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; COLECTOMY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; MALE; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 17444439334     PISSN: 13004948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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