Surgery for the palliation of intestinal obstruction in advanced abdominal malignancy

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1139-1144

  Wong, Ting Hway ^a   Tan, Y M ^b  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Abdominal malignancy; Intestinal obstruction; Surgical palliation

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL CANCER; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; APACHE; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILEOSTOMY; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PERITONEUM METASTASIS; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL WARD;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APACHE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77749240271     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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