Octogenarians: An increasing challenge for acute care and colorectal surgeons. An outcomes analysis of emergency colorectal surgery in the elderly

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Modini, C ^a   Romagnoli, F ^b   De Milito, R ^a   Romeo, V ^a   Petroni, R ^a   La Torre, F ^a   Catani, M ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colorectal disease; Elderly; Emergency colorectal surgery; Emergency surgery; Octogenarians

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANASTOMOSIS DEHISCENCE; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; COLON HEMORRHAGE; COLON ISCHEMIA; COLON OBSTRUCTION; COLON PERFORATION; COLON RESECTION; COLON TUMOR; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OCTOGENARIAN; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; COLECTOMY; COLON; COLONIC DISEASES; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; ISCHEMIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RECTAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84860732025     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2012.02934.x     Document Type: Article

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