Emergency surgery for complicated colorectal cancer in central Brazil

Objective: to report clinical and pathological features of patients with colorectal cancer diagnosed during emergency abdominal surgery. Methods: records of 107 patients operated between 2006 and 2010 were reviewed. Results: there were 58 women and 49 men with mean age of 59.8 years. The most freque...

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Main Authors: Alex Caetano dos Santos, Lucas Leonardo Tavares Martins, Andressa Machado Santana Brasil, Sebastião Alves Pinto, Salustiano Gabriel Neto, Enio Chaves de Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda. 2014-04-01
Series:Journal of Coloproctology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2237936314000215