Laparoscopic colectomy for apparently benign colorectal neoplasia: A word of caution

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 506-509

  Brozovich, Marc ^a   Read, Thomas E ^a,b   Salgado, Javier ^a   Akbari, Robert P ^a   McCormick, James T ^a   Caushaj, Philip F ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Polyps; Surgical technical

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DATA BASE; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE POLYP; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; COLECTOMY; COLONIC POLYPS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE;

EID: 39049135281     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-007-9497-0     Document Type: Article

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