Colorectal cancer audit: A comparative study before and after establishing a specialty colorectal surgery unit

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 270-274

  Sitzler, P J ^a,b   Taylor, M ^a   Faragher, I ^a   Mclaughlin, S ^a  

^a WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Audit; Colorectal cancer; Permanent stoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER SURGERY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOMA; SURGEON; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; COLECTOMY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DATA COLLECTION; HOSPITAL UNITS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; ONCOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VICTORIA;

EID: 18344385857     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2005.00776.x     Document Type: Article

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