Mortality, morbidity and functional outcome after total or subtotal abdominal colectomy in the asian population

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 840-843

  Bin Mohd Zam, Nor Azhari ^a   Tan, Kok Yang ^a   Ng, Chin ^a   Chen, Chung Ming ^a   Wong, Soong Kuan ^a   Chng, Hong Chee ^a   Tay, Khoon Hean ^a   Eu, Kong Weng ^b  

^a CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Continence; Morbidity; Total colectomy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN; CLEVELAND CLINIC INCONTINENCE SCORE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON OBSTRUCTION; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INTESTINE FUNCTION; INTESTINE MOTILITY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644821831     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2005.03552.x     Document Type: Review

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