The cost-effectiveness of colonic stenting as a bridge to curative surgery in patients with acute left-sided malignant colonic obstruction: A Canadian perspective

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 779-785

  Singh, Harminder ^a   Latosinsky, Steven ^a   Spiegel, Brenna M R ^b   Targownik, Laura E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bowel obstruction; Colon cancer; Colonic stenting; Cost effectiveness

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CANADA; COLON CANCER; COLON OBSTRUCTION; COLON RESECTION; COLOSTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; STOMA; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 33845876225     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2006/307324     Document Type: Article

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