Laparoscopic colon surgery performed safely by general surgeons in a community hospital: A review of 154 consecutive cases

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1533-1537

  Do, L V ^a   Laplante, R ^a   Miller, S ^a   Gagne J P ^a,b  

^a Sainte Croix Hospital   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Laparoscopic surgery; Laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; COLON SURGERY; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONVALESCENCE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; HEMICOLECTOMY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLONIC DISEASES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAFETY; SURGERY;

EID: 28344433287     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-005-0079-8     Document Type: Article

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