Australian and New Zealand study comparing laparoscopic and open surgeries for colon cancer in adults: Organization and conduct

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 840-847

  Allardyce, Randall A ^a,h   Bagshaw, Philip F ^a   Frampton, Christopher M ^a,b   Frizelle, Francis A ^a   Hewett, Peter J ^c,d   Rieger, Nicholas A ^c,d   Smith, Shona ⁱ   Solomon, Michael J ^e,f   Stevenson, Andrew R L ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Academy of Endosurgery   (New Zealand)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^g ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

ⁱ NONE

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Colon surgery; Laparoscopic colectomy; Prospective randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BARIUM ENEMA; BLEEDING; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLON INJURY; COLON SURGERY; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GAS EMBOLISM; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERCAPNIA; ILEUM DISEASE; INTESTINE INJURY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE RETENTION; WOUND; WOUND INFECTION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; COLECTOMY; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 53549106046     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2008.04678.x     Document Type: Article

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