Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery in Elder
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Julien Chautard; Arnaud Alves; Stéphane Zalinski; Frédéric Bretagnol; Patrice Va
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Article
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2008
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Elsevier Science
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English
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## BACKGROUND: We conducted a prospective case-matched study to compare outcomes of laparoscopic colorectal surgery in elderly (Ն 70 years) and younger (Ͻ 70 years) patients. STUDY DESIGN: Among 506 consecutive patients who underwent 536 colorectal resections supervised by 1 colorectal surgeon (YP