Outcomes of laparoscopic and open colectomy: A national population-based comparison

Surgical Innovation

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 277-283

  Kemp, Jason A ^a   Finlayson, Samuel R G ^a,b  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Colectomy; Colon cancer; Laparoscopic colon resection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COLON RESECTION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OPEN COLON RESECTION; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGED; COLECTOMY; COLONIC DISEASES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57049128329     PISSN: 15533506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1553350608327171     Document Type: Article

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