A meta-analysis of the short- and long-term results of randomized con-trolled trials that compared laparoscopy-assisted and open colectomy for colon cancer

Journal of Cancer

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-57

  Ohtani, Hiroshi ^a   Tamamori, Yutaka ^a   Arimoto, Yuichi ^a   Nishiguchi, Yukio ^b   Maeda, Kiyoshi ^c   Hirakawa, Kosei ^c  

^a Osaka City Sumiyoshi Hospital   (Japan)

^b OSAKA CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Laparoscopy assisted colectomy; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER MORTALITY; COLON CANCER; COLON RESECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTANT METASTASIS; EMBASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ILEUS; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SCISEARCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84868586543     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18379664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/jca.3621     Document Type: Article

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