Laparoscopic versus open colonic resection: Better design and results presentation are required for sufficient interpretation

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 250, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 495-496

  Kehlet, Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL SURGERY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; LETTER; MORBIDITY; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIVERTICULITIS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SIGMOID DISEASES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70249105782     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181b49526     Document Type: Letter

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