Hand-assisted laparoscopic colectomy versus standard laparoscopic colectomy: A cost analysis

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 496-501

  Roslani, A C ^a   Koh, Dean C ^a   Tsang, C B ^a   Wong, K S ^a   Cheong, W K ^a   Wong, H B ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b Clinical Trials and Epidemiology Research Unit   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Colectomy; Comparative study; Cost; Cost analysis; Laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON POLYP; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; ILEUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND COMPLICATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLECTOMY; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 66049159734     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2008.01647.x     Document Type: Article

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