Influence of caseload and surgical speciality on outcome following surgery for colorectal cancer: A review of evidence. Part 2: Long-term outcome

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 38-46

  Iversen, Lene H ^a   Harling, H ^b   Laurberg, S ^a   Wille Jorgensen P ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Colorectal neoplasms; Education; Operative surgical procedures; Review; Survival; Volume

Indexed keywords

COCHRANE LIBRARY; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COLOSTOMY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDLINE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM CANCER; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKLOAD;

COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL SURGERY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33845321740     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2006.01095.x     Document Type: Review

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