Factors affecting difficulty of laparoscopic surgery for left-sided colon cancer

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2749-2754

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

^a CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Difficulty; Laparoscopic surgery; Left sided colon cancer; Splenic flexure mobilization

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BODY MASS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPLEEN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 78650201535     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-010-1039-5     Document Type: Article

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