Short-term outcomes of laparoscopic rectal surgery for primary rectal cancer in elderly patients: Is it safe and beneficial?

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1614-1618

  Akiyoshi, Takashi ^a   Kuroyanagi, Hiroya ^a   Oya, Masatoshi ^a   Konishi, Tsuyoshi ^a   Fukuda, Meiki ^a   Fujimoto, Yoshiya ^a   Ueno, Masashi ^a   Yamaguchi, Toshiharu ^a  

^a CANCER INSTITUTE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly patients; Laparoscopic rectal resection; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGE; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON RESECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROBABILITY; RECTUM TUMOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; COHORT STUDIES; COLECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349420854     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-009-0961-0     Document Type: Article

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