One-third of patients fail to return to work 1 year after surgery for colorectal cancer

Techniques in Coloproctology

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1153-1159

  Bhalla, A ^a,b   Williams, J P ^b   Hurst, N G ^a   Speake, W J ^a   Tierney, G M ^a   Tou, S ^a   Lund, J N ^a,b  

^a ROYAL DERBY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Laparoscopic surgery; Recovery; Return to work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; FITNESS; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETURN TO WORK; SELF EMPLOYMENT; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL SURGERY; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MANAGEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETURN TO WORK; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84914179252     PISSN: 11236337     EISSN: 1128045X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10151-014-1232-y     Document Type: Article

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