Colorectal cancer surgery of octogenarians in Hong Kong: Who will survive?

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 358-364

  Li, W H ^a   Lau, Tommy C F ^a   Wong, K K ^a   Chan, Arthur W H ^a   Cheung, M T ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

80 and over; Aged; Colectomy; Colorectal neoplasms; Survival rate

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS SCORING SYSTEM; ASSOCIATION OF COLOPROCTOLOGY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND SCORING SYSTEM; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHINESE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLECTOMY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COLOSTOMY; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; IRELAND; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 83155165310     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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