Evidence based medicine and surgical approaches for colon cancer: Evidences, benefits and limitations of the laparoscopic vs open resection

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 20, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 3680-3692

  Lorenzon, Laura ^a   La Torre, Marco ^a   Ziparo, Vincenzo ^a   Montebelli, Francesco ^a   Mercantini, Paolo ^a   Balducci, Genoveffa ^a   Ferri, Mario ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Colon resection; Evidence based medicine; Laparoscopy; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLON CANCER; COLON RESECTION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION; LAPAROSCOPY; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE COST; HERNIA; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROCEDURES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; COLECTOMY; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HERNIA; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; OPERATIVE TIME; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84897475416     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i13.3680     Document Type: Article

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