Long-term results of laparoscopic-assisted colectomy are comparable to results after open colectomy

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 248, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 8-9

  McLeod, Robin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON CANCER; COLON RESECTION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY ASSISTED COLECTOMY; OPEN COLECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SURVIVAL RATE; ADENOCARCINOMA; COLON TUMOR; LAPAROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NOTE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; COLECTOMY; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 48949118954     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31817c965d     Document Type: Editorial

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