Hospital readmissions and emergency department visits following laparoscopic and open colon resection for cancer

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1053-1061

  Hansen, Captain Dallas G ^a   Fox, Captain Justin P ^a,b   Gross, Cary P ^b,c,d   Bruun, Lieutenant Colonel John S ^a  

^a MIAMI VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d YALE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Laparoscopic colectomy; Readmissions; Surgical outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; COLON RESECTION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEMICOLECTOMY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOTAL COLON RESECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; COHORT STUDIES; COLECTOMY; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884479512     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0b013e318293eabc     Document Type: Article

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