Evaluation of quality of life after laparoscopic surgery: Evidence-based guidelines of the European Association for endoscopic surgery

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 879-897

  Korolija, D ^a,b   Sauerland, S ^b   Wood Dauphinee S ^c   Abbou, C C ^d   Eypasch, E ^e   Garcia Caballero M ^f   Lumsden, M A ^g   Millat, B ^h   Monson, J R T ⁱ   Nilsson, G ^j   Pointner, R ^k   Schwenk, W ^l   Shamiyeh, A ^m   Szold, A ⁿ   Targarona, E ^o   Ure, B ^p   Neugebauer, E ^b  

^a KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^e Malteser Krankenhaus St Hildegardis   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^g GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^h HÔPITAL SAINT ELOI   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^j LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^k General Public Hospital Zell am See   (Austria)

^l CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^m KEPLER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Austria)

ⁿ TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^o HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^p HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL TUMOR; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INGUINAL HERNIA; INSTRUMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY CANCER; KIDNEY SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE DISEASE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SPLEEN DISEASE; STOMACH BYPASS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS DISEASE;

CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; ENDOSCOPY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROPLASTY; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; META-ANALYSIS; NEPHRECTOMY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 2642579003     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-003-9263-x     Document Type: Review

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