Colorectal resection in peripheral New Zealand: Workload, outcomes and its future

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 999-1003

  Samson, Paul B ^a,b   Ngaei, George ^a  

^a SOUTHLAND HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer surgery; Non specialist unit; Outcome; Workload

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METASTASIS; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME VARIABLE; REOPERATION; SIGMOID CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; WORKLOAD; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 35248844932     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2007.04218.x     Document Type: Article

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