Possum: A re-evaluation in patients undergoing surgery for rectal cancer

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 421-425

  Isbister, William H ^a   Al Sanea, Nasser ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

P POSSUM; POSSUM; Rectal cancer; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PREDICTION; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAUDI ARABIA; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WELLBEING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; RECTUM TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 1842843181     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-2197.2002.02436.x     Document Type: Article

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