Open AccessOpen versus laparoscopic right hemicolectomy in the elderly population
Author(s) -
Aaron Quyn,
Osama Moussa,
F. Millar,
David Smith,
Robert Steele
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
world journal of gastrointestinal surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1948-9366
DOI - 10.4240/wjgs.v5.i6.187
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , incidence (geometry) , laparoscopy , population , clinical endpoint , extracorporeal , anastomosis , randomized controlled trial , physics , environmental health , optics
To compare short term outcomes of elective laparoscopic and open right hemicolectomy (RH) in an elderly population.