Laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer is safe and has survival outcomes similar to those of open surgery in elderly patients with a poor performance status: subanalysis of a large multicenter case–control study in Japan

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 43-54

  Niitsu, Hiroaki ^a   Hinoi, Takao ^a   Kawaguchi, Yasuo ^a   Ohdan, Hideki ^a   Hasegawa, Hirotoshi ^b   Suzuka, Ichio ^c,q   Fukunaga, Yosuke ^d   Yamaguchi, Takashi ^e   Endo, Shungo ^f,l   Tagami, Soichi ^g,m   Idani, Hitoshi ^h,n   Ichihara, Takao ^i,o   Watanabe, Kazuteru ^j,p   Watanabe, Masahiko ^k  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KAGAWA PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d CANCER INSTITUTE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KYOTO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^f SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g Nagano Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^h Fukuyama City Hospital   (Japan)

ⁱ Nishinomiya Municipal Central Hospital   (Japan)

^j YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^k KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^l FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^m Department of Surgery   (Japan)

ⁿ HIROSHIMA CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^o Department of Orthopaedic Surgery   (Japan)

^p Kanto Teishin Hospital   (Japan)

^q Ako City Hospital   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Colon cancer; Elderly patient; Laparoscopic surgery; Performance status; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EVALUATION STUDY; LAPAROSCOPY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SECONDARY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR INVASION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLECTOMY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84953345760     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: 14355922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-015-1083-y     Document Type: Article

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