Is gastrectomy safe in the elderly? A single institution review

American Surgeon

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 488-492

  Hager, Eric S ^a   Abdollahi, Hamid ^a   Crawford, Albert G ^a   Moudgill, Neil ^a   Rosato, Ernest L ^a   Chojnacki, Karen A ^a   Yeo, Charles J ^a   Kennedy, Eugene P ^a   Berger, Adam C ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958268909     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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