Postoperative medical complications are the main cause of early death after emergency surgery for colonic cancer

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1012-1019

  Iversen, L H ^a   Bulow S ^b   Christensen, I J ^c   Laurberg, S ^a   Harling, H ^d  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c FINSEN LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION; COLON CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLECTOMY; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DENMARK; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 48249124308     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.6114     Document Type: Conference Paper

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