Thirty-day mortality after surgery for colorectal cancer in Denmark

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 500-506

  Nickelsen, Thomas N ^a   Jorgensen T ^a   Kronborg, O ^b  

^a Research Centre for Prevention and Health   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

30 day mortality comparision of departments; Case mix; Colorectal cancer; Nationwide database

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CASE MIX; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES;

EID: 24044468042     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2005.00793.x     Document Type: Article

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