Implementation of complete mesocolic excision at a university hospital in Denmark: An audit of consecutive, prospectively collected colon cancer specimens

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1494-1501

  Munkedal, D L E ^a   West, N P ^b   Iversen, L H ^a   Hagemann Madsen, R ^a   Quirke, P ^b   Laurberg, S ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Complete mesocolic excision; Laparoscopic approach; Pathological evaluation; Post operative team meetings

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER SURGERY; COLON CANCER; COMPLETE MESOCOLIC EXCISION; DENMARK; EXCISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TISSUE SECTION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON RESECTION; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; LAPAROSCOPY; LEARNING CURVE; MESOCOLON; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COLECTOMY; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LEARNING CURVE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MESOCOLON; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84919632156     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: 15322157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2014.04.004     Document Type: Article

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