Quality of life following colorectal cancer surgery: The role of alexithymia

European Surgical Research

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 324-330

  Ripetti, V ^a   Ausania, F ^a   Bruni, R ^a   Campoli, G ^a   Coppola, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Colorectal cancer surgery, quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLELITHIASIS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 51749106338     PISSN: 0014312X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000155898     Document Type: Article

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