Which comorbid conditions predict complications after surgery for colorectal cancer?

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 192-199

  Lemmens, Valery E P P ^a,b   Janssen Heijnen, Maryska L G ^a   Houterman, Saskia ^a   Verheij, Kees D G W ^a   Martijn, Hendrik ^c   Van De Poll Franse, Lonneke ^a   Coebergh, Jan Willem W ^a,b  

^a Eindhoven Cancer Registry   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PREDICTION; RANDOMIZATION; RECTUM; SURGICAL PATIENT; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLECTOMY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33846155937     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-005-0711-8     Document Type: Article

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