Death after colectomy: It's later than we think

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 144, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1021-1027

  Visser, Brendan C ^a,b   Keegan, Hugh ^b   Martin, Molinda ^b   Wren, Sherry M ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CALIFORNIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; COLECTOMY; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 72749113041     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2009.197     Document Type: Article

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