Laparoscopic colorectal cancer surgery: A hammer looking for a nail?

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 300-301

  Moran, Brendan J ^a  

^a NORTH HAMPSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE INJURY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PERITONITIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALVAGE THERAPY; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TRAINING; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 3242746757     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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