Minimally invasive surgery in colon cancer patients leads to improved short-term outcomes and excellent oncologic results

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 202, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 528-531

  Orcutt, Sonia T ^a   Marshall, Christy L ^a   Robinson, Celia N ^a   Balentine, Courtney J ^a,b   Anaya, Daniel A ^a,b   Artinyan, Avo ^a,b   Awad, Samir S ^a,b   Berger, David H ^a,b   Albo, Daniel ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Hand assisted laparoscopy; Minimally invasive; Outcomes; Survival

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; COLON CANCER; COLON RESECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTESTINE FUNCTION; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80054993687     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2011.06.024     Document Type: Article

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