Lymph node harvest in emergent versus elective colon resections

American Surgeon

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1049-1053

  Lewis, Aaron ^a   Akopian, Gabriel ^a   Carillo, Sharon ^a   Kaufman, Howard S ^b  

^a HUNTINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HUNTINGTON MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON CANCER; COLON RESECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

AGED; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 84866757717     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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