Obese patients benefit from minimally invasive colorectal cancer surgery

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-34

  Balentine, Courtney J ^a   Marshall, Christy ^a   Robinson, Celia ^a   Wilks, Jonathan ^a   Anaya, Daniel ^a   Albo, Daniel ^a   Berger, David H ^a  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

colorectal cancer; minimally invasive surgery; obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEMICOLECTOMY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTESTINE FUNCTION; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OBESITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGMOIDECTOMY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; WOUND INFECTION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TEXAS; VETERANS;

EID: 77955923913     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2010.03.063     Document Type: Article

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