Anastomotic leakage is associated with poor long-term outcome in patients after curative colorectal resection for malignancy

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 8-15

  Law, Wai Lun ^a   Choi, Hok Kwok ^a   Lee, Yee Man ^a   Ho, Judy W C ^a   Seto, Chi Leung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Anastomotic leakage; Cancer specific survival; Colorectal cancer; Curative colorectal resection; Malignancy

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLORECTAL TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SURVIVAL; TUMOR RECURRENCE; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34250183826     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-006-0049-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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