Laparoscopic assisted colectomy: Experience from a rural centre

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 283-286

  Guo, Ding Y ^a,b   Eteuati, Jimmy ^a   Hung Nguyen, M ^a   Lloyd, David ^a   Ragg, Joe L ^a  

^a LAUNCESTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Western Health ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Colectomy; Colorectal cancer; Laparoscopic surgery; Postoperative recovery; Rural hospital

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; COLON RESECTION; COLON TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLECTOMY; COLONIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TASMANIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947142479     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2007.04034.x     Document Type: Review

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