Does the laparoscopic colorectal surgery learning curve adversely affect the results of colorectal cancer resection? A 3-year prospective study in a district general hospital

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 363-369

  Lordan, J T ^a,b   Tilney, H S ^a   Shirol, S ^a   Jourdan, I ^a   Gudgeon, A M ^a  

^a FRIMLEY PARK HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Laparoscopy; Learning curve

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COLOSTOMY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUID THERAPY; HEART INFARCTION; HEMATOMA; HEMICOLECTOMY; HUMAN; ILEUS; INCISIONAL HERNIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE FUNCTION; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RECTUM ANTERIOR RESECTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL COLON RESECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL SURGERY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 42149110841     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2007.01332.x     Document Type: Article

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