Laparoscopic surgery in the elderly: Personal experience in 141 cases

Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 527-531

  Vecchio, Rosario ^a   Gelardi, Valentina ^a   Persi, Achille ^a   Intagliata, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC SURGERY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77958018688     PISSN: 10926429     EISSN: 15579034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lap.2010.0045     Document Type: Article

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