Laparoscopic colon resection for polyps: A good novice case?

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 879-882

  Ross, Howard M ^a,b   Li, Christina ^a   Rosenthal, Julie ^a   Kessler, J ^a   Fogt, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Colon polyp; Laparoscopic colon resection; Surgical education

Indexed keywords

AGED; CANCER INVASION; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLON POLYP; COLON RESECTION; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE ENDOSCOPY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLECTOMY; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONIC POLYPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33744914081     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-006-0530-5     Document Type: Review

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