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Rectal cancer surgery in older people does not increase postoperative complications - a retrospective analysis

BACKGROUND: Rectal cancer surgery in the older population remains a highly controversial topic. The present study was designed to assess whether older patients had an increased risk for postoperative complications after rectal resection for malignancies. METHODS: Consecutive patients (n =627), who u...

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Autores principales: Singh, Jagdeep, Stift, Anton, Brus, Sarah, Kosma, Katharina, Mittlböck, Martina, Riss, Stefan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4258037/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25418609
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-12-355