Laparoscopic versus open colon resections in California: A cross-sectional analysis

American Surgeon

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1063-1065

  Patel, Supriya S ^a   Patel, Madhukar S ^b   Mahanti, Sanjit ^a   Ortega, Adrian ^a   Ault, Glenn T ^a   Kaiser, Andreas M ^a   Senagore, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLON RESECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; ILEUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGICAL MORTALITY; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; COLECTOMY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY;

EID: 84866765378     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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