Dramatic decreases in mortality from laparoscopic colon resections based on data from the nationwide inpatient sample

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 146, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 594-599

  Cone, Molly M ^a   Herzig, Daniel O ^a   Diggs, Brian S ^a   Dolan, James P ^a   Rea, Jennifer D ^a   Deveney, Karen E ^a   Lu, Kim C ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON HEMORRHAGE; COLON RESECTION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COLECTOMY; COLONIC DISEASES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956049028     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2011.79     Document Type: Article

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