Fast-track open colectomy is possible in a New Zealand public hospital

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 1275, 2008, Pages

  Zargar Shoshtari, Kamran ^b   Hill, Andrew G ^a  

^a MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLON ANASTOMOSIS; COLON DISEASE; COLON RESECTION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; NEW ZEALAND; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLECTOMY; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 45749156426     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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