An acute care surgery service expedites the treatment of emergency colorectal cancer: A retrospective case-control study

World Journal of Emergency Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Anantha, Ram V ^a   Brackstone, Muriel ^a   Parry, Neil ^a,b   Leslie, Ken ^a,b  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute care surgery; Colonoscopy; Colorectal anal neoplasia; Health outcomes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899055393     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17497922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-7922-9-19     Document Type: Article

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