Colorectal surgery in octogenarian patients - Outcomes and predictors of morbidity

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 185-189

  Tan, K Y ^b   Kawamura, Y ^a   Mizokami, K ^a   Sasaki, J ^a   Tsujinaka, S ^a   Maeda, T ^a   Konishi, F ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Geriatric; Morbidity; Mortality; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GERIATRIC SURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL RATE; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58549101466     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-008-0615-9     Document Type: Article

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