Time to readiness for discharge is a valid and reliable measure of short-term recovery after colorectal surgery

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2927-2934

  Fiore Jr , Julio F ^a   Faragher, Ian G ^b,c   Bialocerkowski, Andrea ^d   Browning, Laura ^a   Denehy, Linda ^a  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON RESECTION; COLOSTOMY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ILEOSTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECTUM; REHABILITATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; TIME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COLECTOMY; COLOSTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILEOSTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RECTUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLE SIZE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84890343857     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-013-2208-1     Document Type: Article

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