Journal of Surgical Education
Volume 67, Issue 3 , Pages 161-166, May 2010

Laparoscopic Colectomy In Octogenarians and Nonagenarians: A Preferable Option to Open Surgery?

Aspects of this work were presented as a poster at the 94th Annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons, San Francisco, October 2008.

Department of Surgery and the Muller Center for Senior Health, Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, Pennsylvania

published online 14 May 2010.

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 Competing interests: All authors have declared no conflicts of interest or financial ties to disclose.

PII: S1931-7204(10)00037-1

doi:10.1016/j.jsurg.2010.02.009

Journal of Surgical Education
Volume 67, Issue 3 , Pages 161-166, May 2010

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