Laparoscopic-assisted colon and rectal surgery - Lessons learnt from early experience

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 223-228

  Koh, Dean Chi Siong ^a   Wong, K S ^b   Sim, R ^a   Ng, Y P ^a   Hu, Z Q ^a   Cheong, D M O ^a   Foo, A ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Diverticulosis; Laparoscopic colorectal surgery; Laparoscopy; Perioperative outcomes; Polyps

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

BLEEDING; COLON CANCER; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON SURGERY; COLOSTOMY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; DEFECATION; DEMOGRAPHY; HEMICOLECTOMY; HUMAN; INTESTINE POLYP; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPY; MORBIDITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECTUM SURGERY; REVIEW; SIGMOIDECTOMY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WOUND; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLON DISEASE; COLON RESECTION; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RECTUM DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGAPORE; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLECTOMY; COLONIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22144471578     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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