Laparoscopic colectomy significantly decreases length of stay compared with open operation

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 144-148

  Stefanou, Amalia J ^a   Reickert, Craig A ^a   Velanovich, Vic ^a,b   Falvo, Anthony ^a   Rubinfeld, Ilan ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Colectomy; Laparoscopic; Length of stay; Outcomes; Quality

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS CLASSIFICATION; ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FRAILTY INDEX; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL WOUND; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LAPAROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; COLECTOMY; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DIVERTICULUM, COLON; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857412245     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-011-1840-9     Document Type: Article

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