Canadian Association of General Surgeons Evidence Based Reviews in Surgery. 10. Laparoscopy-assisted colectomy versus open colectomy for treatment of nonmetastatic colon cancer: A randomized trial

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 209-211

  McLeod, Robin S ^b   Stern, Hartley ^b   McKenzie, Marg E ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; AGED; CANADA; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON CANCER; COLON RESECTION; COLON SURGERY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; NOTE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKILL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 4444350501     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

References (2)

1. I. Schlacta CM, Mammazza J, Gregoire R, Burpee SE, Poulin EC. Could laparoscopic colon and rectal surgery become the standard of care? A review and experience with 750 procedures. Can J Surg 2003;466:432-40.
2. Weeks JC, Nelson H, Gelber S, Sargent D, Schroeder G, the Clinical Outcomes of Surgical Therapy (COST) Study Group. Short-term quality-of-life outcomes following laparscopic-assisted colectomy vs. open colectomy for colon cancer: a randomized trial. JAMA 2002;287:321-8.