Re-evaluation of the usefulness of the prognostic nutritional index reported by onodera, especially for the elderly patients undergoing gastrointestinal surgery for the gastric and colon cancer

Japanese Journal of Gastroenterological Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 472-478

  Wakabayashi, Hisao ^a   Otani, Tsuyoshi ^a   Kondo, Akihiro ^a   Mori, Seiji ^a  

^a Sakaide Municipal General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly patients; Gastrointestinal surgery; Older patients; Postoperative complication; Prognostic nutritional index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; COLON CANCER; EVALUATION; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMACH CANCER; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

EID: 2442641567     PISSN: 03869768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5833/jjgs.37.472     Document Type: Article

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