Hospital-Level Outcomes Associated with Laparoscopic Colectomy for Cancer in the Minimally Invasive Era

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2112-2119

  Fox, Justin P ^a   Desai, Mayur M ^a,b,c   Krumholz, Harlan M ^a,b,c   Gross, Cary P ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic colectomy; Surgical outcomes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869107610     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-012-2018-z     Document Type: Article

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